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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... hath stolen , otherwise he had been executed ; I have stood on the pillory for geese he hath killed , other- wise he had suffered for't . Thou thinkest not of this now . Nay , I remember the trick you served me when I took my leave of ...
... hath stolen , otherwise he had been executed ; I have stood on the pillory for geese he hath killed , other- wise he had suffered for't . Thou thinkest not of this now . Nay , I remember the trick you served me when I took my leave of ...
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... hath made compare Between our statures ; she hath urg'd her height ; And with her personage , her tall personage , Her height , forsooth , she hath prevail'd with him . And are you grown so high in his esteem Because I am so dwarfish ...
... hath made compare Between our statures ; she hath urg'd her height ; And with her personage , her tall personage , Her height , forsooth , she hath prevail'd with him . And are you grown so high in his esteem Because I am so dwarfish ...
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Alec Guinness. ' Who hath gathered the wind in his fists ? Who hath bound the waters in a garment ? ' Proverbs 30 : 4 ' By my troth I care not ; a man can die but once : we owe God a death : I'll ne'er bear a base mind : an't be my ...
Alec Guinness. ' Who hath gathered the wind in his fists ? Who hath bound the waters in a garment ? ' Proverbs 30 : 4 ' By my troth I care not ; a man can die but once : we owe God a death : I'll ne'er bear a base mind : an't be my ...
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