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... right line ; but as the curve and right line glide so imperceptibly into each other , that it is hard to say where one ends and the other begins ; and as these marks seem to be as readily formed as simple curves , they may pass for ...
... right line ; but as the curve and right line glide so imperceptibly into each other , that it is hard to say where one ends and the other begins ; and as these marks seem to be as readily formed as simple curves , they may pass for ...
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... right - lined characters come together , he directs that the line should be made twice its usual length ; but I think my method is more compact and legible ; which is , to begin all such right lined characters with a loop . See the ...
... right - lined characters come together , he directs that the line should be made twice its usual length ; but I think my method is more compact and legible ; which is , to begin all such right lined characters with a loop . See the ...
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... right - lined characters by making them twice their usual length . Now curvilinear characters may as well be drawn twice their usual length , as those which are formed by a straight line . What I propose therefore is , that , with a few ...
... right - lined characters by making them twice their usual length . Now curvilinear characters may as well be drawn twice their usual length , as those which are formed by a straight line . What I propose therefore is , that , with a few ...
Page 18
... right line , and a small stroke at one side of that line , The second word consists of four distinct marks , viz . two circles , and two right lines . The third word is one single mark , being only a right line with a small bending at ...
... right line , and a small stroke at one side of that line , The second word consists of four distinct marks , viz . two circles , and two right lines . The third word is one single mark , being only a right line with a small bending at ...
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... right lines ; and in the second , curves , right lines turned a little at one end , and circles . Of the first ... line marked C , OF SHORT HAND . 21.
... right lines ; and in the second , curves , right lines turned a little at one end , and circles . Of the first ... line marked C , OF SHORT HAND . 21.
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a's place abbreviations advan alphabet auxiliary verbs beginning brevity CHAP character for thr comparative excellence consonant Consubstantiation deist determine the comparative ding distinct marks dot in d dot in th dots and commas express fair comparison follow a speaker greatest hour's writing i's place initial vowels inseparable prepositions intermediate vowels ities joined lay pen lay your pen laying the pen learner Letter against waste Lord's Prayer Mavor's system memory method of Short-writing minutes mment mode of contraction modesty and assurance natural and easy obtain a preference othrs paper pen on n place called place which stands racter reply to Pyrrhus right line rule second place shew short-hand writers specimen on modesty spnt steno STENOGRAPHY sufficient suppose Terminations Examples th write thing tion action twice its common twice its usual write n write the character write the pronoun written
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Page 46 - Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, And when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 46 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 45 - As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle...
Page 46 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me ; my judg-. incut was a robe and a diadem ; I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame ; I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 46 - And they waited for me as for the rain ; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Page 46 - I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor, And the cause which I knew not, I searched out. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, And plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Page 49 - It is more than probable that the prince abovementioned possessed both these qualifications in a very eminent degree. Without assurance, he would never have undertaken to speak before...
Page 46 - When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Page 49 - ... malice. Every one ought to cherish and encourage in himself the modesty and assurance I have here mentioned. A man without assurance is liable to be made uneasy by the folly or ill-nature of every one he converses with. A man without modesty is lost to all sense of honour and virtue.
Page 44 - Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.