Helena Faucit (Lady Martin)W. Blackwood, 1900 - 416 páginas |
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... wish of her mother and her grand - parents that she should not follow the dramatic profession . Only , therefore , from her Shakespeare volume could she form her ideals of his char- acters , which fortunately , as the event proved , was ...
... wish of her mother and her grand - parents that she should not follow the dramatic profession . Only , therefore , from her Shakespeare volume could she form her ideals of his char- acters , which fortunately , as the event proved , was ...
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... wish was granted . They did not return to me until I was wanted for the stage . I remember being asked if I had left anything behind , when I turned to give a last look at the relics in the glass case . It was a sort of farewell - a ...
... wish was granted . They did not return to me until I was wanted for the stage . I remember being asked if I had left anything behind , when I turned to give a last look at the relics in the glass case . It was a sort of farewell - a ...
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... wish my darling Harry " [ her sister Harriet ] " was with me . But no ! that is selfish , for I know what she would suffer . I must leave off this scribbling , for Kate is scolding very much to find me not in bed . " The dreaded " to ...
... wish my darling Harry " [ her sister Harriet ] " was with me . But no ! that is selfish , for I know what she would suffer . I must leave off this scribbling , for Kate is scolding very much to find me not in bed . " The dreaded " to ...
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... wish , " she writes , " this was not to be my second part . I don't know why , but I have always dreaded it . I think in many parts it is an overdrawn and un- natural character , —one that you are obliged to force your feelings to go ...
... wish , " she writes , " this was not to be my second part . I don't know why , but I have always dreaded it . I think in many parts it is an overdrawn and un- natural character , —one that you are obliged to force your feelings to go ...
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... wishes better than by a pretty one . Her features in repose have a beautiful tranquil expression , which must , of course , disappear in the storm of passion . The contrast is like that of the ocean , lulled by zephyrs or lashed to fury ...
... wishes better than by a pretty one . Her features in repose have a beautiful tranquil expression , which must , of course , disappear in the storm of passion . The contrast is like that of the ocean , lulled by zephyrs or lashed to fury ...
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