A Positively Final Appearance: A Journal 1996-98A worthy successor to the beloved actor's earlier diary "My Name Escapes Me, " this new volume contains Sir Alec's journal from June 1996 to December 1998. A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year. |
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Page 47
... Bells have signalled much in life , from hand - rung school bells summoning us back into classrooms and the sharp information of ships ' bells dog watches , eight bells and so on to the victorious jangle to be heard throughout the land ...
... Bells have signalled much in life , from hand - rung school bells summoning us back into classrooms and the sharp information of ships ' bells dog watches , eight bells and so on to the victorious jangle to be heard throughout the land ...
Page 48
... bell invites me . ' Henry Irving's performance in The Bells made tiptop theatrical history in the 1870s and subsequently . The sleigh - bells of his murdered victim were always ringing in his head . Sir John Martin - Harvey , as a boy ...
... bell invites me . ' Henry Irving's performance in The Bells made tiptop theatrical history in the 1870s and subsequently . The sleigh - bells of his murdered victim were always ringing in his head . Sir John Martin - Harvey , as a boy ...
Page 49
... Bells . He had been a lad of about sixteen , walking on in the first scene , and the vision of hell in that gaunt face haunted him to the end - and was an excuse for a tipple . As a child I didn't take much pleasure in Peter Pan's fairy ...
... Bells . He had been a lad of about sixteen , walking on in the first scene , and the vision of hell in that gaunt face haunted him to the end - and was an excuse for a tipple . As a child I didn't take much pleasure in Peter Pan's fairy ...
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