I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
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One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of the 20th century; and another, curious layer which may possibly have been the 21st.
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