Mr. Meeson's WillThe Floating Press, 01.06.2012 - 234 Seiten Only a storyteller as preternaturally gifted as action-adventure master H. Rider Haggard could turn a story about a legal battle over publishing rights into a gripping page-turner. Mr. Meeson's Will offers a fascinating glimpse into the legal rights of authors in the nineteenth century -- and a swashbuckling maritime misadventure that comes with a plethora of unpredictable consequences. |
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... short of two millions, one way and another—to Addison and Roscoe. They don't want it, but that don't matter. You shan't have it—no, not a farthing of it, and I won't have a pile like that frittered away in charities and mismanagement ...
... short of two millions, one way and another—to Addison and Roscoe. They don't want it, but that don't matter. You shan't have it—no, not a farthing of it, and I won't have a pile like that frittered away in charities and mismanagement ...
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... short with a sharp order to read the gist of it. This the lawyer proceeded to do. It was very short, and, with the exception of a few legacies, amounting in all to about twenty thousand pounds, bequeathed all the testator's vast fortune ...
... short with a sharp order to read the gist of it. This the lawyer proceeded to do. It was very short, and, with the exception of a few legacies, amounting in all to about twenty thousand pounds, bequeathed all the testator's vast fortune ...
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... short, was drawn and engrossed. "Now then," said Meeson, addressing himself to Mr. Todd and the managing clerk, as he took the quill between his fingers to sign, "do you two bear in mind that at the moment I execute this will I am of ...
... short, was drawn and engrossed. "Now then," said Meeson, addressing himself to Mr. Todd and the managing clerk, as he took the quill between his fingers to sign, "do you two bear in mind that at the moment I execute this will I am of ...
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Inhalt
4 | |
15 | |
28 | |
37 | |
45 | |
Chapter VI Mr Tombey Goes Forward | 57 |
Chapter VII The Catastrophe | 67 |
Chapter VIII Kerguelen Land | 79 |
Chapter XIII Eustace Buys a Paper | 127 |
Chapter XIV At HanoverSquare | 133 |
Chapter XV Eustace Consults a Lawyer | 143 |
Chapter XVI Short on Legal Etiquette | 154 |
Chapter XVII How Augusta was Filed | 162 |
Chapter XVIII Augusta Flies | 172 |
Chapter XIX Meeson V Addison and Another | 178 |
Chapter XX James Breaks Down | 187 |
Chapter IX Augusta to the Rescue | 90 |
Chapter X The Last of Mr Meeson | 100 |
Chapter XI Rescued | 110 |
Chapter XII Southampton Quay | 118 |
Chapter XXI Grant as Prayed | 199 |
Chapter XXII St Georges HanoverSquare | 213 |
Chapter XXIII Meesons Once Again | 225 |
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Addison and Roscoe answered Augusta Attorney-General barrister Bill Birmingham boat bowed captain child clerk client counsel course Court dear document door Eustace Meeson evidence executed eyes face feel Fiddlestick fifty find fine firm first five fixed floor fortune gentleman girl hand head heart hundred James Short Jeannie Jemima's Vow John Short Johnnie Jonathan Meeson Kangaroo Kerguelen Land Lady Holmhurst learned little Dick little Jeannie living looked Lord Holmhurst Lordship married matter mind Miss Augusta Smithers Miss Smithers never office officer once plaintiff Ponta Delgada poor pounds present Probate profits publishing Queen's counsel reflected rose round rush sail sailors ship shoulders shouted sigh sight solicitor Somerset House stood suddenly suppose sure tattooed tell testator thing thought Todd told Tombey took turned uncle Waterloo Station witness woman wonder young lady Zealand