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... success . The heads of the firm were too busily absorbed in their rapidly growing Indian business to give close attention to the publishing branch ; managers had been recently chosen to direct it , and had not proved sufficiently ...
... success . The heads of the firm were too busily absorbed in their rapidly growing Indian business to give close attention to the publishing branch ; managers had been recently chosen to direct it , and had not proved sufficiently ...
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... success followed Smith's efforts . The profits rose steadily , and the volume of business , which was well under 50,000l . when he assumed control of the concern , multiplied thirteen times within twenty years of his becoming its moving ...
... success followed Smith's efforts . The profits rose steadily , and the volume of business , which was well under 50,000l . when he assumed control of the concern , multiplied thirteen times within twenty years of his becoming its moving ...
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... success in his objections to the novelist's interpretation of the original agreement , and author and publisher parted company . In 1848 Smith issued a novel by his friend , George Henry Lewes , entitled ' Rose , Blanche , and Violet ...
... success in his objections to the novelist's interpretation of the original agreement , and author and publisher parted company . In 1848 Smith issued a novel by his friend , George Henry Lewes , entitled ' Rose , Blanche , and Violet ...
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... success of the ' Cornhill ' —an identifica- tion which Smith acknowledged by doubling his editorial salary - Thackeray would have been the first to admit that the practical triumphs of the enterprise were largely the fruits of the ...
... success of the ' Cornhill ' —an identifica- tion which Smith acknowledged by doubling his editorial salary - Thackeray would have been the first to admit that the practical triumphs of the enterprise were largely the fruits of the ...
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... success of the ' Cornhill ' had given them a new spur . It had attracted to the firm's banner not merely almost every author of repute , but almost every artist of rising fame . Not the least interesting publication to which the ...
... success of the ' Cornhill ' had given them a new spur . It had attracted to the firm's banner not merely almost every author of repute , but almost every artist of rising fame . Not the least interesting publication to which the ...
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