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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... Don't stand there like a stuck pig, No. 3," said Mr. Meeson, fiercely; "but suggest something." "Well, Sir," said No. 3 more humbly than ever, for he was terribly afraid of his employer, "I think, perhaps, that somebody had better go to ...
... Don't stand there like a stuck pig, No. 3," said Mr. Meeson, fiercely; "but suggest something." "Well, Sir," said No. 3 more humbly than ever, for he was terribly afraid of his employer, "I think, perhaps, that somebody had better go to ...
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... don't mind telling you that we have got as much as we gave you back from America for the sale of the American rights, but that is no ground for your coming to ask for more money than you agreed to accept. I never heard of such a thing ...
... don't mind telling you that we have got as much as we gave you back from America for the sale of the American rights, but that is no ground for your coming to ask for more money than you agreed to accept. I never heard of such a thing ...
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... don't often do—and saw it was good selling quality, and you see I didn't make a mistake. Ibelieve 'Jemima's Vow' will sell twenty thousand without stopping—here's the account." As he spoke the spectre-like clerk put down a neatly-ruled ...
... don't often do—and saw it was good selling quality, and you see I didn't make a mistake. Ibelieve 'Jemima's Vow' will sell twenty thousand without stopping—here's the account." As he spoke the spectre-like clerk put down a neatly-ruled ...
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... Don't cry, Miss Smithers, for Heaven's sake don't I can't bear to see it," he said. She looked up, her beautiful grey eyes full of tears, and tried to smile. "Thank you," she said, "I am very silly, but I am so disappointed. If you only ...
... Don't cry, Miss Smithers, for Heaven's sake don't I can't bear to see it," he said. She looked up, her beautiful grey eyes full of tears, and tried to smile. "Thank you," she said, "I am very silly, but I am so disappointed. If you only ...
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... don't tell her that. You take advantage of her inexperience to bind her by this iniquitous contract, knowing that the end of it will be that you will advance her a little money and get her into your power, and then will send her down ...
... don't tell her that. You take advantage of her inexperience to bind her by this iniquitous contract, knowing that the end of it will be that you will advance her a little money and get her into your power, and then will send her down ...
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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