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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... sitting there behind his formidable books, addressing him even as though he were an ordinary man. "Why, what's up?" Just then, however, he caught sight of the very handsome young lady who was seated in the office, and his whole ...
... sitting there behind his formidable books, addressing him even as though he were an ordinary man. "Why, what's up?" Just then, however, he caught sight of the very handsome young lady who was seated in the office, and his whole ...
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... sitting at his desk with his great mouth open, apparently too much astonished to speak. "Well, there is a vixen for you. But she'll come round. I've known them to do that sort of thing before—there are one or two down there," and he ...
... sitting at his desk with his great mouth open, apparently too much astonished to speak. "Well, there is a vixen for you. But she'll come round. I've known them to do that sort of thing before—there are one or two down there," and he ...
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... sitting before a big book. It was not the same man whom Augusta had met before, and her heart sank proportionately. What followed need not be repeated here. The manager listened to her faltering tale with a few stereotyped expressions ...
... sitting before a big book. It was not the same man whom Augusta had met before, and her heart sank proportionately. What followed need not be repeated here. The manager listened to her faltering tale with a few stereotyped expressions ...
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... sitting-room, and gently turned the handle and entered. Eustace followed her. The room was a small bed-room, of which the faded calico blind had been pulled down, as it happened, however, the sunlight, such as it was, beat full upon the ...
... sitting-room, and gently turned the handle and entered. Eustace followed her. The room was a small bed-room, of which the faded calico blind had been pulled down, as it happened, however, the sunlight, such as it was, beat full upon the ...
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... sitting-room, and then—as soon as he got his composure—apologised for having intruded himself upon her in such an ... sit alone hour after hour face to face with the irretrievable. If I had not been so foolish as to enter into that ...
... sitting-room, and then—as soon as he got his composure—apologised for having intruded himself upon her in such an ... sit alone hour after hour face to face with the irretrievable. If I had not been so foolish as to enter into that ...
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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