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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... never heard of such a thing in the whole course of my professional experience ; never ! " and he paused , and once more eyed her sternly . " At any rate , there ought to be something to come to me from the rights of translation — I saw ...
... never heard of such a thing in the whole course of my professional experience ; never ! " and he paused , and once more eyed her sternly . " At any rate , there ought to be something to come to me from the rights of translation — I saw ...
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... never hear the truth; all these poor devils creep and crawl about you, and daren't call their souls their own. I ... never dare to show your nose here again, or I'll give the porters orders to hustle you off the premises! And, now ...
... never hear the truth; all these poor devils creep and crawl about you, and daren't call their souls their own. I ... never dare to show your nose here again, or I'll give the porters orders to hustle you off the premises! And, now ...
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... 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 that and my education, I hope to make a living. Still, I don't ...
... 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 that and my education, I hope to make a living. Still, I don't ...
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... never before been dreamt of in the classic halls of Meeson's. To this hour the clerks of the great house talk of that dreadful day with bated breath—for as bloody Hector raged through the Greeks, so did the great Meeson rage through his ...
... never before been dreamt of in the classic halls of Meeson's. To this hour the clerks of the great house talk of that dreadful day with bated breath—for as bloody Hector raged through the Greeks, so did the great Meeson rage through his ...
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... never 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 ...
... never 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 ...
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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