Brief Longhand: A System of Longhand Contractions, by Means of which the Principal Advantages of Shorthand are Secured Without Resort to Stenographic Characters... to which are Added Several Appendixes Pertaining to Phonotype and Phonography |
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... employed in the language . Contractions for each special class of subjects may be devised , to any desirable extent , in accordance with the principles specified in the chap- ter entitled General Principles of Contraction . The remarks ...
... employed in the language . Contractions for each special class of subjects may be devised , to any desirable extent , in accordance with the principles specified in the chap- ter entitled General Principles of Contraction . The remarks ...
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... employed a series of contractions , such as he now presents . That his method is practical he confidently trusts , because it is devised with strict reference to the principles which have been thoroughly ap- proved by extensive practice ...
... employed a series of contractions , such as he now presents . That his method is practical he confidently trusts , because it is devised with strict reference to the principles which have been thoroughly ap- proved by extensive practice ...
Page ix
... employed , with as much safety as the unabbreviated style , in all correspondence between persons acquainted with the system ; and so legible is it , that printers will ill deserve the vast amount of busi- ness they owe the literary ...
... employed , with as much safety as the unabbreviated style , in all correspondence between persons acquainted with the system ; and so legible is it , that printers will ill deserve the vast amount of busi- ness they owe the literary ...
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... employed in Brief Longhand are denominated Word - Signs , while the words represented by them are called Sign - Words . FOR is a sign - word , and ƒ , the letter em- ployed for it , is a word - sign . § 2. The Mark of Elision is a light ...
... employed in Brief Longhand are denominated Word - Signs , while the words represented by them are called Sign - Words . FOR is a sign - word , and ƒ , the letter em- ployed for it , is a word - sign . § 2. The Mark of Elision is a light ...
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... employed either as a prefix or affix , when confusion would not result from such use ; thus , bcause because , bf : before , wherev = = wher- ever , wnev = whenever , whev whichever , wtev whatever , wout without , wi = within ...
... employed either as a prefix or affix , when confusion would not result from such use ; thus , bcause because , bf : before , wherev = = wher- ever , wnev = whenever , whev whichever , wtev whatever , wout without , wi = within ...
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