Mr. Meeson's Will, Band 13B. Tauchnitz, 1888 - 287 Seiten |
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... authors ( who were illustrated by thirteen tame artists ) sat — at salaries ranging from one to five hundred a year - in vault - like hutches in the basement , and week by week poured out that hat - work for which Meeson's was justly ...
... authors ( who were illustrated by thirteen tame artists ) sat — at salaries ranging from one to five hundred a year - in vault - like hutches in the basement , and week by week poured out that hat - work for which Meeson's was justly ...
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... author whom he has chosen to over- whelm with the sight of this magnificence , " to think that all this comes out of the brains of chaps like you ! Why , young man , I tell you that if all the money that has been paid to you scribblers ...
... author whom he has chosen to over- whelm with the sight of this magnificence , " to think that all this comes out of the brains of chaps like you ! Why , young man , I tell you that if all the money that has been paid to you scribblers ...
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... author at threepence per volume , the oppo- sition company brought out the same work at twopence- halfpenny ; did Meeson's subsidise a newspaper to puff their undertakings , the opposition firm subsidised two to cry them down , and so ...
... author at threepence per volume , the oppo- sition company brought out the same work at twopence- halfpenny ; did Meeson's subsidise a newspaper to puff their undertakings , the opposition firm subsidised two to cry them down , and so ...
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... author . " No. 18 vanished like a thin , unhappy ghost , and Mr. Meeson once more addressed the girl before him . " If you want money , Miss Smithers , " he said , " you had better write us another book . I am not going to deny that ...
... author . " No. 18 vanished like a thin , unhappy ghost , and Mr. Meeson once more addressed the girl before him . " If you want money , Miss Smithers , " he said , " you had better write us another book . I am not going to deny that ...
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... Author , as per cheque herewith Augusta looked , and then slowly crumpled up the cheque in her hand . " If I understand , Mr. Meeson , " she said , " you have sold the two rights of translation of my book , which you persuaded me to ...
... Author , as per cheque herewith Augusta looked , and then slowly crumpled up the cheque in her hand . " If I understand , Mr. Meeson , " she said , " you have sold the two rights of translation of my book , which you persuaded me to ...
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