Mr. Meeson's WillWorthington Company, 1888 - 287 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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... lord of all . The dinner had been a melancholy failure . Dish after dish , the cost of any one of which would have fed a poor child for a month , had been brought up and handed to the master only to be found fault with and sent away ...
... lord of all . The dinner had been a melancholy failure . Dish after dish , the cost of any one of which would have fed a poor child for a month , had been brought up and handed to the master only to be found fault with and sent away ...
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... Lord Holmhurst , the New Zealand Governor , you know . Lady Holmhurst , this is Miss Smithers , whose book you were talking so much about . " " Oh ! I am delighted to make your acquaintance , Miss Smithers , " said the great lady , in a ...
... Lord Holmhurst , the New Zealand Governor , you know . Lady Holmhurst , this is Miss Smithers , whose book you were talking so much about . " " Oh ! I am delighted to make your acquaintance , Miss Smithers , " said the great lady , in a ...
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... Lord Holmhurst , G.C.M.G. Lord Holmhurst was a stout , short , dark little man , with a somewhat pompous manner , and a kindly face . He was a Colonial Governor of the first water , and perfectly aware of the fact . Now a Colonial ...
... Lord Holmhurst , G.C.M.G. Lord Holmhurst was a stout , short , dark little man , with a somewhat pompous manner , and a kindly face . He was a Colonial Governor of the first water , and perfectly aware of the fact . Now a Colonial ...
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... Lord Holmhurst , and , to a person fond of observing such things , nothing could have been more curious to notice than the small , but gradual in- crease in the pomposity of his manner , as the great ship day by day steamed further from ...
... Lord Holmhurst , and , to a person fond of observing such things , nothing could have been more curious to notice than the small , but gradual in- crease in the pomposity of his manner , as the great ship day by day steamed further from ...
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... Lord Holmhurst . “ Dear me , I wonder who that ex- ceedingly nice - looking girl Lady Holmhurst is talking to can be ? " " Now , your lordship , to put a case , " went on the remorseless Meeson , who , like most people of his stamp ...
... Lord Holmhurst . “ Dear me , I wonder who that ex- ceedingly nice - looking girl Lady Holmhurst is talking to can be ? " " Now , your lordship , to put a case , " went on the remorseless Meeson , who , like most people of his stamp ...
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Addison 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 once perhaps plaintiff poor pounds present Probate publishing Queen's Counsel RIDER HAGGARD Roscoe 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