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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... mind you, it ain't so much fiction that has done the trick—it's religion. It's piety as pays, especially when it's printed." Then the unsophisticated youth would go away, his heart too full for words, but pondering how these things were ...
... mind you, it ain't so much fiction that has done the trick—it's religion. It's piety as pays, especially when it's printed." Then the unsophisticated youth would go away, his heart too full for words, but pondering how these things were ...
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... 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 in ...
... 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 in ...
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... mind what you are saying. I have a witness; Eustace, you hear, 'cheated'! Eustace, 'cheated'!" "I hear," said Eustace, grimly. "Yes, Mr. Meeson, I said 'cheated'; and I will repeat it, whether I am locked up for it or not. Good morning ...
... mind what you are saying. I have a witness; Eustace, you hear, 'cheated'! Eustace, 'cheated'!" "I hear," said Eustace, grimly. "Yes, Mr. Meeson, I said 'cheated'; and I will repeat it, whether I am locked up for it or not. Good morning ...
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... mind you don't set foot in Pompadour Hall," Mr. Meeson's seat, "unless it is to get your clothes. Come, cut!" "You misunderstand me," said Eustace, with a touch of native dignity which became him very well. "Probably we shall not meet ...
... mind you don't set foot in Pompadour Hall," Mr. Meeson's seat, "unless it is to get your clothes. Come, cut!" "You misunderstand me," said Eustace, with a touch of native dignity which became him very well. "Probably we shall not meet ...
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... mind all that—I want my will." "Will—will—Forgive me—a little confused, that's all. Your manner is so full of hearty old middle-age's kind of vigour"— Here he stopped, more suddenly even than usual, for Mr. Meeson fixed him with his ...
... mind all that—I want my will." "Will—will—Forgive me—a little confused, that's all. Your manner is so full of hearty old middle-age's kind of vigour"— Here he stopped, more suddenly even than usual, for Mr. Meeson fixed him with his ...
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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