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 36
... voice ; the whine of that perennial , unpleasant plant , ' the barrack - room lawyer ' . No one to bring me beef tea these days , or come to that for more than forty years , so I must get my own Bovril . The tourists are with us ; a ...
... voice ; the whine of that perennial , unpleasant plant , ' the barrack - room lawyer ' . No one to bring me beef tea these days , or come to that for more than forty years , so I must get my own Bovril . The tourists are with us ; a ...
Page 49
... voices in the bells . It was an aria that moved or astonished more experienced heads than mine ; but for me it was like beautifying a salvo of naval guns . That couldn't be said of Celia Johnson's Joan ; I fear she only heard a little ...
... voices in the bells . It was an aria that moved or astonished more experienced heads than mine ; but for me it was like beautifying a salvo of naval guns . That couldn't be said of Celia Johnson's Joan ; I fear she only heard a little ...
Page 69
... voice . ' Please turn down your radio , ' I called . ' Hold on , ' came the voice . Then the door was opened . Before me stood a long - white - bearded gnome - like gentleman , roughly sixty inches high , wearing classic underwear and a ...
... voice . ' Please turn down your radio , ' I called . ' Hold on , ' came the voice . Then the door was opened . Before me stood a long - white - bearded gnome - like gentleman , roughly sixty inches high , wearing classic underwear and a ...
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