Universal stenography; or, A practical system of short-hand writing |
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... pupil too often enters upon his task , expecting to acquire immediate proficiency , without considering that this , like all other useful acquisitions , must be obtained at the expence both of time and labour . The evil does not stop ...
... pupil too often enters upon his task , expecting to acquire immediate proficiency , without considering that this , like all other useful acquisitions , must be obtained at the expence both of time and labour . The evil does not stop ...
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... pupil think it necessary to make a distinction , he may write the stroke of the letter v , rather coarser or thicker . The character appointed for w , is always used when it is an initial letter ; when it occurs in the middle of a word ...
... pupil think it necessary to make a distinction , he may write the stroke of the letter v , rather coarser or thicker . The character appointed for w , is always used when it is an initial letter ; when it occurs in the middle of a word ...
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... pupil be careful to make each letter clear and distinct . Next , the words the characters stand for . The alphabetical characters are also used as prefixes and terminations . In forming WORDS , they are to be neatly joined together ...
... pupil be careful to make each letter clear and distinct . Next , the words the characters stand for . The alphabetical characters are also used as prefixes and terminations . In forming WORDS , they are to be neatly joined together ...
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... pupil . The words " WITH WHICH WE , " may bejoined toge- ther with the greatest facility . It has been stated , that the sound of the word is principally to be at- tended to ; the word laugh or cough , must be written laf , kof , -and ...
... pupil . The words " WITH WHICH WE , " may bejoined toge- ther with the greatest facility . It has been stated , that the sound of the word is principally to be at- tended to ; the word laugh or cough , must be written laf , kof , -and ...
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... pupil inserts a word in Long - Hand , it will add much to the ease of reading the notes . 1. The terminations of the second and third per- sons of verbs may always be omitted ; as speak , for speakest . 2. Many words may be expressed by ...
... pupil inserts a word in Long - Hand , it will add much to the ease of reading the notes . 1. The terminations of the second and third per- sons of verbs may always be omitted ; as speak , for speakest . 2. Many words may be expressed by ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
१ २ ९ १ abbreviated adopted adverbs Alphabet of 15 alphabet plate alphabetical characters ance arbitrary attain beginning or end Blair Blair's Alphabet Blair's System brevity certainly miserable ch sh th comma common writing contraction denoted distinct Double Consonants edition end of words English language entrance into harbour example exercise expedition expressed fancy riots favourable Gawtress grown tasteless Hand Hermit hourly prevail Hundley impelled by resentment improvements ingenuity inserted Introduction to Byrom ious John John Willis knowledge learner learning legibility letters Lord manner possible Mavor modes occur omitted perseverance person perspicuity preceeding word prefixes and terminations pupil recom Rees's Encyclopedia render represent rules Samuel Taylor seen many battles sentence simplicity solitude Steno Stenographic Alphabet Stenographic Art stroke syllable system of Byrom system of Stenography Taylor's system termination-ING UNIVERSAL STENOGRAPHY verbs vowels WILLIAM HARDING write Taylor's written youth I professed
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 31 - Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Seite 31 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Seite 32 - The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands prepared the dry land. 6 O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the LORD our Maker. 7 For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Seite 31 - In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
Seite 24 - I have been for some time unsettled and distracted : my mind is disturbed with a thousand perplexities of doubt and vanities of imagination, which hourly prevail upon me, because I have no opportunities of relaxation or diversion. I am sometimes ashamed to think, that I could not secure myself from vice, but by retiring from the exercise of virtue ; and begin to suspect that I was rather impelled by resentment, than led by devotion, into solitude.
Seite 23 - To him that lives well," answered the hermit, "every form of life is good ; nor can I give any other rule for choice, than to remove from all apparent evil.
Seite 34 - ... afforded to their preservation by short-hand. Were the operations of those who are professionally engaged in exercising this art to be suspended but for a single week, a blank would be left in the political and judicial history of our country, an impulse would be wanting to the public mind, and the nation would be taught to feel and acknowledge the important purposes it answers in the great business of life.
Seite 31 - A wise man will hear, and will increase learning : and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels : to understand a proverb, and the interpretation ; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Seite 19 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Seite 35 - The close attention requisite in following the voice of the speaker induces habits of patience, perseverance, and watchfulness, which will gradually extend themselves to other pursuits and avocations, and at length inure the writer to exercise them on every occasion in life. When writing in public, it will also be absolutely...