Universal stenography; or, A practical system of short-hand writing |
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Pàgina 10
... languages , and these may have served , as in the case of the Greeks and Romans , for the foundation of the art . The first attempt we have seen was made in the year 1588 , by Dr. Bright . before the public , The plan adopted by the ...
... languages , and these may have served , as in the case of the Greeks and Romans , for the foundation of the art . The first attempt we have seen was made in the year 1588 , by Dr. Bright . before the public , The plan adopted by the ...
Pàgina 14
... language consists of twenty - six letters , six of which are vowels . The letter c is to be represented by s when soft , and by K when hard ; J is denoted by G ; Q is re- presented by K ; v is denoted by the letter F , which it strongly ...
... language consists of twenty - six letters , six of which are vowels . The letter c is to be represented by s when soft , and by K when hard ; J is denoted by G ; Q is re- presented by K ; v is denoted by the letter F , which it strongly ...
Pàgina 20
... language than a superficial knowledge of the alphabet , should be capable of reading a sentence with correctness and fluency . It would be equally preposterous , in the present case , that he should read Short - Hand ( which , perhaps ...
... language than a superficial knowledge of the alphabet , should be capable of reading a sentence with correctness and fluency . It would be equally preposterous , in the present case , that he should read Short - Hand ( which , perhaps ...
Pàgina 26
... language may suggest other abbreviations , as useful and extensive as these . Proper care being taken to lay a right foundation , the legitimate way of contracting will increase in proportion to the writer's want of them . The manner of ...
... language may suggest other abbreviations , as useful and extensive as these . Proper care being taken to lay a right foundation , the legitimate way of contracting will increase in proportion to the writer's want of them . The manner of ...
Pàgina 35
... language , and particularly in the knowledge of his native tongue . The rapidity with which it enables a person to commit his own thoughts to the safety of manuscript also renders it an object peculiarly worthy of regard . By this means ...
... language , and particularly in the knowledge of his native tongue . The rapidity with which it enables a person to commit his own thoughts to the safety of manuscript also renders it an object peculiarly worthy of regard . By this means ...
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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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...