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Page 184
... position in the trade with which few , even of London publishers , could compare . Looking back now , it may appear that he owed this position largely to the huge sales of Scott's own writings which he was to control in the days to be ...
... position in the trade with which few , even of London publishers , could compare . Looking back now , it may appear that he owed this position largely to the huge sales of Scott's own writings which he was to control in the days to be ...
Page 463
... position lay in the fact that an income from literature must always be precarious ( though on this point he justified his confidence in his own capacity ) ; and in the fact that he was taking payments from his publishers in long- dated ...
... position lay in the fact that an income from literature must always be precarious ( though on this point he justified his confidence in his own capacity ) ; and in the fact that he was taking payments from his publishers in long- dated ...
Page 584
... position an almost impossible thing . For that day there had been bills of Ballantyne & Co. coming up at the bank for payment , amounting to some thousands of pounds . There was money in hand to meet them , as a result of the £ 10,000 ...
... position an almost impossible thing . For that day there had been bills of Ballantyne & Co. coming up at the bank for payment , amounting to some thousands of pounds . There was money in hand to meet them , as a result of the £ 10,000 ...
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