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. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 30
Seite 8
... was written , and to this hour I have not seen it . This is not said , however , by way of claiming or disclaiming originality of incident , but merely in order to save a certain class of critics the labour of further research . 8 PREFACE .
... was written , and to this hour I have not seen it . This is not said , however , by way of claiming or disclaiming originality of incident , but merely in order to save a certain class of critics the labour of further research . 8 PREFACE .
Seite 18
... 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 once been a writer of promise ; but somehow ...
... 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 once been a writer of promise ; but somehow ...
Seite 21
... seen of his uncle . " I was saying , Miss Smithers , or , rather , I was going to say , " went on the elder Meeson , " that , in short , I do not in the least understand what you can mean . You will remember that you were paid a sum of ...
... seen of his uncle . " I was saying , Miss Smithers , or , rather , I was going to say , " went on the elder Meeson , " that , in short , I do not in the least understand what you can mean . You will remember that you were paid a sum of ...
Seite 27
... seen the accounts of ' Jemima's Vow ' - I saw them this morning -- and you have already made more than a thousand pounds clear profit on the book . And then when she comes to ask you for some- thing over the beggarly fifty pounds which ...
... seen the accounts of ' Jemima's Vow ' - I saw them this morning -- and you have already made more than a thousand pounds clear profit on the book . And then when she comes to ask you for some- thing over the beggarly fifty pounds which ...
Seite 44
... seen the doctor and been crushed into the dust by the expression of his conviction , that , unless her sister was moved to a warmer climate , for a period of at least a year , she would not live through the winter , and might die at any ...
... seen the doctor and been crushed into the dust by the expression of his conviction , that , unless her sister was moved to a warmer climate , for a period of at least a year , she would not live through the winter , and might die at any ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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