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… hence argued for, using the specificity of the English character forged through centuries of conflicts and wars with its European neighbours: ‘[T]he whole object of the war has been to accumulate a vast mass of pugnacious matter, which, like … grotesque and ‘Georgy’’s beating is thoroughly described. Boxing therefore serves as a metaphor for the hypocrisy of European powers in the so-called ‘Concert of Europe’. For Moore, in spite of all the congresses and of all the declarations that suggest that international diplomacy …
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