Familiar lessons in phonetic shorthand; or, Phonography taught without a masterHoulston and Stoneman, 1853 - 32 pages |
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6d.-Fred Pitman added aloud chst circle as large commencement compound vowels con and half copy book difficulties double consonant tr double letters downward equivalent sound Example FAMILIAR LESSONS following transcript formed half of pl half of strn half-sized consonants half-sized letter halving words heavy sign hook n hook ns immediately followed immediately preceded inside the hook krk-tr LESSONS IN PHONETIC letter terminate long vowels nant observations apply peach peer PHONETIC SHORTHAND phonetic system Phonographic Instructor phonography placed poetry and beauty prefix prefix con pronounce proper sounds read and transfer read exercise rule second dot short sign short vowel signs signs on page similarly six short vowel small circle sounds heard speak stroke suffix terminate the word terminates a word Test your memory thing tht grammalogue tions hook tion treble consonants vowel follows vowel intervenes whilst words containing write the sign written upwards
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Page 28 - Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow light ; All fashioned with supremest grace, Upspringing day and night ? Springing in valleys green and low, And on the mountains high, And in the silent wilderness, Where no man passes by ? Our outward life requires them not — Then wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight to man To beautify the earth. To comfort man — to whisper hope...
Page 24 - Do instantly whatever is to be done and take the hours of reflection or recreation after business, and never before it. When a regiment is under march, the rear is often thrown into confusion because the front do not move steadily and without interruption. It is the same thing with business. If that which is first in hand is not instantly, steadily, and regularly despatched, other things accumulate behind till affairs begin to press all at once, and no human brain can stand the confusion.
Page 29 - Our outward life requires them not ; Then wherefore had they birth ? — To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth. To comfort man, — to whisper hope Whene'er his faith is dim ; For who so careth for the flowers Will much more care for him ! THE WOODLAND SANCTUARY.
Page 24 - A habit of the mind it is which is very apt to beset men of intellect and talent, especially when their time is not regularly filled up, but left to their own arrangement. But it is like the ivy round the oak, and ends by limiting, if it does not destroy, the power of manly and necessary exertion. I must love a man so well, to whom I offer such a word of advice, that I will not apologize for it, but expect to hear you are become as regular as a Dutch clock — hours, quarters, minutes, all marked...
Page 30 - II., of Prussia, even after age and infirmities had increased upon him, gave strict orders never to be allowed to sleep later than four in the morning. Peter the Great, whether at work in the docks at London as a ship-carpenter, or at the anvil as a blacksmith, or on the throne of Russia, always rose before day-light. " I am," says he, " for making my life as long as I can, and therefore sleep as little as possible.
Page 29 - You rise late, and of course get about your business at a late hour, and every thing goes wrong all day. Franklin says, " that he who rises late, may trot all day, and not have overtaken his business at night." Dean Swift avers, "that he never knew any man come to greatness and eminence who lay in bed of a morning.
Page 30 - I believe that, with other degeneracies of our days, history will prove that late rising is a prominent one. In the fourteenth century, the shops in Paris were universally open at four in the morning ; now, not till long after seven. Then, the king of France dined out at eight o'clock in the morning, and retired to his chamber at the same hour in the evening.
Page 24 - Pray, mind this — it is one of your few weak points— a habit of the mind it is which is very apt to beset men of intellect and talent, especially when their time is not regularly filled up, but left at their own arrangement. But it is like the ivy round the oak, and ends by limiting, if it does not destroy, the power of manly and necessary exertion.
Page 25 - PRESS ON !" It solves the problem of all heroes, it is the rule by which to weigh, rightly, all wonderful successes and triumphal marches to fortune and genius. It should be the motto of all, old and young, high and low, fortunate and unfortunate, so called.
Page 27 - One thing at a time, And that done well, Is a very good rule, As many can tell.