Mr. Meeson's WillSpencer Blackett, 1888 - 286 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 ... clerk arrived , and gave a card to the great man . do ; " " Miss Augusta Smithers , " he read ; then , with a grunt ...
... clerks shook upon their stools . " This must be seen into , No. 3 , " said Mr. Meeson , bringing his fist down with a ... clerk arrived , and gave a card to the great man . do ; " " Miss Augusta Smithers , " he read ; then , with a grunt ...
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... . " The young gentleman did so , and a tall , melancholy- looking clerk appeared . " No. 18 , " snarled Mr. Meeson , in the tone of peculiar amiability that he reserved for his employés , " make AUGUSTA AND HER PUBLISHER . 27.
... . " The young gentleman did so , and a tall , melancholy- looking clerk appeared . " No. 18 , " snarled Mr. Meeson , in the tone of peculiar amiability that he reserved for his employés , " make AUGUSTA AND HER PUBLISHER . 27.
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... clerk put down a neatly - ruled bit of paper and an unsigned cheque on the desk before his employer , and then smiled a shadowy smile and vanished . Mr. Meeson glanced through the account , signed the cheque , and handed it , together ...
... clerk put down a neatly - ruled bit of paper and an unsigned cheque on the desk before his employer , and then smiled a shadowy smile and vanished . Mr. Meeson glanced through the account , signed the cheque , and handed it , together ...
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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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