A Commonplace BookHamish Hamilton, 2001 - 162 sidor When Sir Alec Guinness died in August 2000 at the age of 86, he left behind two exercise books filled with entries in his small, beautiful handwriting, together with a typed-up Introduction that suggests he planned to have the books published or broadcast in some way. Together they make up this commonplace book. |
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... face was hand- some and striking , keen yet benevolent , the finely pen- cilled eyebrows still dark and a beautiful benevolent loving look lighted up his fine dark eyes when they rested upon you . Half hermit , half enchanter ...
... face was hand- some and striking , keen yet benevolent , the finely pen- cilled eyebrows still dark and a beautiful benevolent loving look lighted up his fine dark eyes when they rested upon you . Half hermit , half enchanter ...
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... face . ' John Donne , ' Elegy IX ' ' For the night is already at hand , and it is well to yield to the night . ' Homer , The Iliad " The barking of the Sphinx . ' R. L. Stevenson " The narrow mind is the discontented one . There is ...
... face . ' John Donne , ' Elegy IX ' ' For the night is already at hand , and it is well to yield to the night . ' Homer , The Iliad " The barking of the Sphinx . ' R. L. Stevenson " The narrow mind is the discontented one . There is ...
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... face to face with a cobra swimming in the opposite direction . They both turned and fled . I should have commented , ' Wise cobra ! ' ' Not so in love this mortal morning – the finally unimportant dead , with now no headline left to ...
... face to face with a cobra swimming in the opposite direction . They both turned and fled . I should have commented , ' Wise cobra ! ' ' Not so in love this mortal morning – the finally unimportant dead , with now no headline left to ...
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actors appear asked beautiful birds blue called comes daily dark dead dear death dream earth eyes face feel field fire friends give given green half Hamlet hand hath head heard Henry James John Johnson keep kind King Lady land leave letter light live look Lord MICHIGAN mind Montaigne morning never night once party perhaps play pleasant pleasure Poems present published quoted R. L. Stevenson replied Robert scene seen sense side sing Song soul sound Street talk tell Theatre things Thomas thou thought tide told took trees turned unto Viola voice walking William Shakespeare wind wisdom wrong young