Mr. Meeson's WillRhodes & McClure Publishing Company, 1888 - 241 Seiten Everybody who has any connection with Birmingham will be acquainted with the vast publishing establishment still known by the short title of "Meeson's" which is perhaps the most remarkable institution of the sort in Europe. |
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... clerks shake on their stools . Meeson's had a branch establishment at Sydney , in Australia , which establishment had , until lately , been paying it is true not as well as the English one , but still fifteen or twenty per cent . But ...
... clerks shake on their stools . Meeson's had a branch establishment at Sydney , in Australia , which establishment had , until lately , been paying it is true not as well as the English one , but still fifteen or twenty per cent . But ...
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... clerks shook upon their stools . " This must be seen into , No. 3 , " said Mr. Meeson , bringing his fist down with a bang on to the balance- sheet . No. 3 was one of the editors : a mild - eyed little man with blue spectacles . He had ...
... clerks shook upon their stools . " This must be seen into , No. 3 , " said Mr. Meeson , bringing his fist down with a bang on to the balance- sheet . No. 3 was one of the editors : a mild - eyed little man with blue spectacles . He had ...
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... clerk arrived , and gave a card to the great man . " Miss Augusta Smithers , " he read ; then , with a grunt , " show Miss Augusta Smithers in . " Presently Miss Augusta Smithers arrived . She was a tall , well - formed young lady of ...
... clerk arrived , and gave a card to the great man . " Miss Augusta Smithers , " he read ; then , with a grunt , " show Miss Augusta Smithers in . " Presently Miss Augusta Smithers arrived . She was a tall , well - formed young lady of ...
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... clerk appeared . " No. 18 , " snarled Mr. Meeson , in the tone of peculiar amiability that he reserved for his employés , " make out the translation account of ' Jemima's Vow , ' and fill up a cheque of balance due to the author . " No ...
... clerk appeared . " No. 18 , " snarled Mr. Meeson , in the tone of peculiar amiability that he reserved for his employés , " make out the translation account of ' Jemima's Vow , ' and fill up a cheque of balance due to the author . " No ...
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... clerks of the great house talk of that dreadful day with bated breath - for as bloody Hector raged through the Greeks , so did the mighty Meeson rage through his hundred departments . In the very first office he caught a wretched clerk ...
... clerks of the great house talk of that dreadful day with bated breath - for as bloody Hector raged through the Greeks , so did the mighty Meeson rage through his hundred departments . In the very first office he caught a wretched clerk ...
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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 faint feel Fiddlestick fortune gentleman girl gone hand Hanover Square head heart hundred James Short Jeannie Jemima's Vow John Short Johnnie Jonathan Meeson Judge 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 neck never night once perhaps plaintiff poor pounds present Probate publishing RIDER HAGGARD rose round rush sail sailors ship shouted sigh sight sitting solicitor Somerset House stood suddenly suppose sure tattooed TAUCHNITZ tell testator thing thought Todd told Tombey turned uncle Waterloo Station witness woman wonder young lady Zealand