Mr. Meeson's WillThe Floating Press, 01.06.2012 - 234 Seiten Only a storyteller as preternaturally gifted as action-adventure master H. Rider Haggard could turn a story about a legal battle over publishing rights into a gripping page-turner. Mr. Meeson's Will offers a fascinating glimpse into the legal rights of authors in the nineteenth century -- and a swashbuckling maritime misadventure that comes with a plethora of unpredictable consequences. |
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... find it in his heart to envy the steadfast honesty that had defied him at the cost of his own ruin. Not that he meant to relent or alter his determination. Mr. Meeson never relented, and never changed his mind. Had he done so he would ...
... find it in his heart to envy the steadfast honesty that had defied him at the cost of his own ruin. Not that he meant to relent or alter his determination. Mr. Meeson never relented, and never changed his mind. Had he done so he would ...
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... find knightserrant thus prepared, at such cost to themselves, to break a lance in her cause. Least of all was she prepared to find that knight bearing the hateful crest of Meeson—if, indeed, Meeson had a crest. "I ought to apologise ...
... find knightserrant thus prepared, at such cost to themselves, to break a lance in her cause. Least of all was she prepared to find that knight bearing the hateful crest of Meeson—if, indeed, Meeson had a crest. "I ought to apologise ...
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... find her gone to New Zealand, whither circumstances prevented him from following her, without leaving a word or a line, or even an address behind her! It was too bad. Well, there was no remedy in the matter, so he walked to the railway ...
... find her gone to New Zealand, whither circumstances prevented him from following her, without leaving a word or a line, or even an address behind her! It was too bad. Well, there was no remedy in the matter, so he walked to the railway ...
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... find money in it. I suppose you are secondclass, Miss Smithers, so we shan't see much of each other, and, perhaps, if we should meet, it might be as well if we didn't seem to have any acquaintance. It don't look well for a man in my ...
... find money in it. I suppose you are secondclass, Miss Smithers, so we shan't see much of each other, and, perhaps, if we should meet, it might be as well if we didn't seem to have any acquaintance. It don't look well for a man in my ...
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... find. She did not want to see Mr. Meeson any more, and she did want to escape from the stories of her cabin-mate, the lady'smaid. This good person would, after the manner of her kind, insist upon repeating to her a succession of ...
... find. She did not want to see Mr. Meeson any more, and she did want to escape from the stories of her cabin-mate, the lady'smaid. This good person would, after the manner of her kind, insist upon repeating to her a succession of ...
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Chapter VI Mr Tombey Goes Forward | 57 |
Chapter VII The Catastrophe | 67 |
Chapter VIII Kerguelen Land | 79 |
Chapter XIII Eustace Buys a Paper | 127 |
Chapter XIV At HanoverSquare | 133 |
Chapter XV Eustace Consults a Lawyer | 143 |
Chapter XVI Short on Legal Etiquette | 154 |
Chapter XVII How Augusta was Filed | 162 |
Chapter XVIII Augusta Flies | 172 |
Chapter XIX Meeson V Addison and Another | 178 |
Chapter XX James Breaks Down | 187 |
Chapter IX Augusta to the Rescue | 90 |
Chapter X The Last of Mr Meeson | 100 |
Chapter XI Rescued | 110 |
Chapter XII Southampton Quay | 118 |
Chapter XXI Grant as Prayed | 199 |
Chapter XXII St Georges HanoverSquare | 213 |
Chapter XXIII Meesons Once Again | 225 |
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Addison and Roscoe answered Augusta Attorney-General barrister Bill Birmingham boat bowed captain child clerk client counsel course Court dear document door Eustace Meeson evidence executed eyes face feel Fiddlestick fifty find fine firm first five fixed floor fortune gentleman girl hand head heart hundred James Short Jeannie Jemima's Vow John Short Johnnie Jonathan Meeson Kangaroo Kerguelen Land Lady Holmhurst learned little Dick little Jeannie living looked Lord Holmhurst Lordship married matter mind Miss Augusta Smithers Miss Smithers never office officer once plaintiff Ponta Delgada poor pounds present Probate profits publishing Queen's counsel reflected rose round rush sail sailors ship shoulders shouted sigh sight solicitor Somerset House stood suddenly suppose sure tattooed tell testator thing thought Todd told Tombey took turned uncle Waterloo Station witness woman wonder young lady Zealand