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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... man, eh?" "I think," answered his nephew, on whose good-tempered face a curious look of contempt and anger had gathered, "I think that you ought to be ashamed of yourself!" Chapter II - How Eustace was Disinherited There was a 14.
... man, eh?" "I think," answered his nephew, on whose good-tempered face a curious look of contempt and anger had gathered, "I think that you ought to be ashamed of yourself!" Chapter II - How Eustace was Disinherited There was a 14.
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... answered his nephew , standing his ground bravely ; " and , what is more , I meant it ! " " Oh ! Now will you be so kind as to explain exactly why you said that , and why you meant it ? " " I meant it , " answered his nephew ...
... answered his nephew , standing his ground bravely ; " and , what is more , I meant it ! " " Oh ! Now will you be so kind as to explain exactly why you said that , and why you meant it ? " " I meant it , " answered his nephew ...
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... answered the manager in great alarm Meeson's business was not a thing to be lightly lost . " I will see Mr. Todd instantly , " and he vanished . Almost simultaneously with his departure an old lady was unceremoniously bundled out of an ...
... answered the manager in great alarm Meeson's business was not a thing to be lightly lost . " I will see Mr. Todd instantly , " and he vanished . Almost simultaneously with his departure an old lady was unceremoniously bundled out of an ...
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... answered by the maid-of-all-work, who looked at him a little curiously, but said that Miss Smithers was in, and then conducted him to a door which was half open, and left him in that kindly and agreeable fashion that maids-of-all-work ...
... answered by the maid-of-all-work, who looked at him a little curiously, but said that Miss Smithers was in, and then conducted him to a door which was half open, and left him in that kindly and agreeable fashion that maids-of-all-work ...
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... answered, looking at him with a new-born curiosity. Augusta was not accustomed to find knights- errant 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 ...
... answered, looking at him with a new-born curiosity. Augusta was not accustomed to find knights- errant 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 ...
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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 beautiful began Bill Birmingham boat bowed captain child clerk client counsel course Court dear document door Eustace Meeson evidence executed eyes face feel Fiddlestick fishbone fortune gentleman girl gone hand hansom cab 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 low dress married matter mind Miss Augusta Smithers Miss Smithers never once perhaps photographer plaintiff Ponta Delgada poor pounds present Probate publishing Queen's counsel 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