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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... matter of fact , my experience is that publishers are in the main just and frequently generous in their dealings . Per- haps I may be allowed to give an example . Some time ago I sold a book to a well - known and respected firm for a ...
... matter of fact , my experience is that publishers are in the main just and frequently generous in their dealings . Per- haps I may be allowed to give an example . Some time ago I sold a book to a well - known and respected firm for a ...
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... matters of most writing people are a little embarrassed . " Augusta winced , and Mr. Meeson , rising heavily from his chair , went to a large safe which stood near , and extracted from it a bundle of agreements . These he glanced at one ...
... matters of most writing people are a little embarrassed . " Augusta winced , and Mr. Meeson , rising heavily from his chair , went to a large safe which stood near , and extracted from it a bundle of agreements . These he glanced at one ...
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... matter . You sha'n't have it - no , not a farthing of it ; and I won't have a pile like that frittered away in charities and mismanagement . There now , my fine young gentleman , just be off and see if your new business principles will ...
... matter . You sha'n't have it - no , not a farthing of it ; and I won't have a pile like that frittered away in charities and mismanagement . There now , my fine young gentleman , just be off and see if your new business principles will ...
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... matter of fact , however , the scene itself was as powerful as it was pathetic , and quite sufficient to account for any unseemly exhibitions of feel- ing on the part of the reader . However , she struggled through it till the last ...
... matter of fact , however , the scene itself was as powerful as it was pathetic , and quite sufficient to account for any unseemly exhibitions of feel- ing on the part of the reader . However , she struggled through it till the last ...
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... matter to him . He was in a blessed condition of celibacy , and had no wife and children dependent upon him , and he knew that it would go hard if , with the help of the one hundred a year that he had of his own , he did not manage ...
... matter to him . He was in a blessed condition of celibacy , and had no wife and children dependent upon him , and he knew that it would go hard if , with the help of the one hundred a year that he had of his own , he did not manage ...
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