Helena Faucit (Lady Martin)W. Blackwood, 1900 - 416 páginas |
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... rules in acting - Talfourd's Glencoe First visit to Paris - Meeting with Rachel - Close of Haymarket engagement - Lines by Serjeant Talfourd- Gisippus at Drury Lane 36 48 67 viii CONTENTS . CHAPTER V. Appears in Dublin as Lady.
... rules in acting - Talfourd's Glencoe First visit to Paris - Meeting with Rachel - Close of Haymarket engagement - Lines by Serjeant Talfourd- Gisippus at Drury Lane 36 48 67 viii CONTENTS . CHAPTER V. Appears in Dublin as Lady.
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... close of his brilliant but troubled career . One of my earliest and most vivid recollections I was then quite a child was a meeting with " the great Edmund Kean , " as my sister called him . He was her pet hero . She had seen him act ...
... close of his brilliant but troubled career . One of my earliest and most vivid recollections I was then quite a child was a meeting with " the great Edmund Kean , " as my sister called him . He was her pet hero . She had seen him act ...
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... close It was well I could see one whose agitation was apparent to me on the instant . I felt I must try to please him , this dear friend of all my young life , my constant helper and instructor , who , though he was no blood relative ...
... close It was well I could see one whose agitation was apparent to me on the instant . I felt I must try to please him , this dear friend of all my young life , my constant helper and instructor , who , though he was no blood relative ...
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... close my eyes . My stupid little mind is all in a whirl . I cannot compose my thoughts for an instant . Oh , how I wish my darling Harry " [ her sister Harriet ] " was with me . But no ! that is selfish , for I know what she would ...
... close my eyes . My stupid little mind is all in a whirl . I cannot compose my thoughts for an instant . Oh , how I wish my darling Harry " [ her sister Harriet ] " was with me . But no ! that is selfish , for I know what she would ...
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... close before me in the orchestra . Long white hair fell on each side of it , and I saw the hand- kerchief wiping tears from the eyes . Again a face saved me ! I knew it was that of my dear grandfather , who , because of his deafness ...
... close before me in the orchestra . Long white hair fell on each side of it , and I saw the hand- kerchief wiping tears from the eyes . Again a face saved me ! I knew it was that of my dear grandfather , who , because of his deafness ...
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