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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... young man , I tell you that if all the money that has been paid to you scribblers since the days of Elizabeth were added together it would not come up to my little pile ; but , mind you , it ain't so much fiction that has done the trick ...
... young man , I tell you that if all the money that has been paid to you scribblers since the days of Elizabeth were added together it would not come up to my little pile ; but , mind you , it ain't so much fiction that has done the trick ...
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... young lady of about twenty - four , with pretty golden hair , deep grey eyes , a fine forehead , and a delicate mouth ; just now , however , she looked very nervous . " Well , Miss Smithers , what is it ? " asked the publisher . " I ...
... young lady of about twenty - four , with pretty golden hair , deep grey eyes , a fine forehead , and a delicate mouth ; just now , however , she looked very nervous . " Well , Miss Smithers , what is it ? " asked the publisher . " I ...
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... young gentle- man came slowly in . He was a very nice - looking young man , tall and well - shaped , with a fair skin and jolly blue eyes - in short , a typical young Englishman of the better sort , ætate suo twenty - four . I have said ...
... young gentle- man came slowly in . He was a very nice - looking young man , tall and well - shaped , with a fair skin and jolly blue eyes - in short , a typical young Englishman of the better sort , ætate suo twenty - four . I have said ...
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... young lady who was seated in the office , and his whole demeanour underwent a most remarkable change ; out came the hands from his pockets , off went the hat , and , turning , he bowed , really rather nicely , considering how impromptu ...
... young lady who was seated in the office , and his whole demeanour underwent a most remarkable change ; out came the hands from his pockets , off went the hat , and , turning , he bowed , really rather nicely , considering how impromptu ...
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... 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 out the translation account of ' Jemima's Vow ...
... 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 out the translation account of ' Jemima's Vow ...
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