A New Scheme of Short-hand: Being an Improvement Upon Mr. Byrom's Universal English Short-handJ. Johnson, 1774 - Počet stran: 176 |
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abbreviated affign againſt alfo alphabet alſo anſwer becauſe begin bottom breviated Byrom cafe cauſe characters cifely confiftent confonant connection decypher defign diftinct diſtinguiſh dividing ftroke eafily eafy expedition expreffed expreffion fafely fame fecond feems fentence ferve fhall fhort fhorter fimple fingle firft firſt fome fonant fpecimens fpelled ftand ftroke fubftantive fuch words fufficient fuggeft fuppofe fure fwift-writing fyllable Grammatical Marks greateſt hand himſelf inferted inftances inſtead itſelf joining laft laſt learner leaſt lefs legibility letters lift long vowel long-hand mark of deficiency method miſtakes moft moſt muft muſt nant neceffary obferved occafion perfons plate pleaſe plural poffible practifed prefent prepofition purpoſe racter reafon refpect reprefent rules ſcheme Scheme of Short-hand ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome ſpace ſtand tences termina termination terminative character themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion ufual univerfally uſe uſually Vowels Places writing written
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Strana vi - The prepofitions and terminations are exprefied each by a tingle character, disjoined from the reft of the word ; and inftead of calling in the aid of arbitrary characters, we abbreviate by much more general and regular methods.
Strana vii - PREFACE, vii what vowels in a word ought to be exprefled, and when all vowels may be omitted. Many of the rules may be adopted without violence and with great advantage into...
Strana 6 - ... good writing depends upon a certain command of hand and imitative genius, which will equally extend to all kinds of writing.
Strana 73 - ... have been pitched ?* upon, amongft that almoft infinite " variety into which they might have " been thrown ; and if the reader " has the curiofity to make the ex...
Strana 164 - That flightly (hakes his parting gueft by th' hand ; But with his arms out-ftretch'd, as he would fly, Grafps in the comer; Welcome ever fmiles, And Farewel goes out fighing.
Strana 93 - Before ^ ^ r\ o, a is exprefled by a dot on the outfide of the character, in a line with the point at which it begins, as .^-^ am...
Strana 12 - ... which will require a longer time to write, may not only equal, but even furpafs in beauty a combination of fewer, for which a Jhorter time will ferve.