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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... mean. You will remember that you were paid a sum of fifty pounds for the copyright of 'Jemima's Vow.'" "Great Heavens! " murmured Master Eustace, behind, "what a do! " "At the time an alternative agreement, offering you seven per cent ...
... mean. You will remember that you were paid a sum of fifty pounds for the copyright of 'Jemima's Vow.'" "Great Heavens! " murmured Master Eustace, behind, "what a do! " "At the time an alternative agreement, offering you seven per cent ...
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... means or foul." The elder man had, up till now, at all events to outward appearance, kept his temper, but this last flower of vigorous English was altogether too much for one whom the possession of so much money had for many years ...
... means or foul." The elder man had, up till now, at all events to outward appearance, kept his temper, but this last flower of vigorous English was altogether too much for one whom the possession of so much money had for many years ...
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... means for me, and, to tell you the truth, I am not sorry. I have never wished to be dependent on you, or to have anything to do with a business carried on as Meeson's is. I have a hundred a year my mother left me, and with the help of ...
... means for me, and, to tell you the truth, I am not sorry. I have never wished to be dependent on you, or to have anything to do with a business carried on as Meeson's is. I have a hundred a year my mother left me, and with the help of ...
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... mean by bringing me a thing like this?" he said: "It's all wrong." "It is exactly as you dictated to me yesterday, Sir," said the editor indignantly. "What, do you mean to contradict me?" roared Meeson. "Look here No. 7, you and I had ...
... mean by bringing me a thing like this?" he said: "It's all wrong." "It is exactly as you dictated to me yesterday, Sir," said the editor indignantly. "What, do you mean to contradict me?" roared Meeson. "Look here No. 7, you and I had ...
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... means a couple of millions." "Good heavens! Sir," jerked out Mr. Todd. "Why, do you mean to quite cut out your nephew—and the other legatees?" he added by way of an afterthought. "Of course I do, that is, as regards my nephew. The ...
... means a couple of millions." "Good heavens! Sir," jerked out Mr. Todd. "Why, do you mean to quite cut out your nephew—and the other legatees?" he added by way of an afterthought. "Of course I do, that is, as regards my nephew. The ...
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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