Cross's Eclectic Short-handS. C. Griggs, 1878 - 304 pages |
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... necessary to a clear compre- hension of the principles on which are based its claims to the attention of an intelligent public . Writing is an art of such importance , so universally practiced , and involving so much time and labor ...
... necessary to a clear compre- hension of the principles on which are based its claims to the attention of an intelligent public . Writing is an art of such importance , so universally practiced , and involving so much time and labor ...
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... necessary to so familiarize the writer with them , that , on the utterance of a word , all its elements at once array themselves in the mind with the rapidity of thought , as is imperative for purposes of short - hand writing . Besides ...
... necessary to so familiarize the writer with them , that , on the utterance of a word , all its elements at once array themselves in the mind with the rapidity of thought , as is imperative for purposes of short - hand writing . Besides ...
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... necessary , in their reporting style , to discard as much as possible the use of the vowel lines . There are several contractions which may be added without exception to all the letters alike , forming a series of contracted forms at ...
... necessary , in their reporting style , to discard as much as possible the use of the vowel lines . There are several contractions which may be added without exception to all the letters alike , forming a series of contracted forms at ...
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... necessary to all good writing , and especially so to easy short - hand . The writer must learn to avoid any rigidity of muscles caused by resting heav- ily , holding the pen tightly , or stiffening the arm , hand or fingers ; all of ...
... necessary to all good writing , and especially so to easy short - hand . The writer must learn to avoid any rigidity of muscles caused by resting heav- ily , holding the pen tightly , or stiffening the arm , hand or fingers ; all of ...
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Jesse George Cross. is rolled a little to the right , it will be necessary to roll the pen in the fingers a little toward the thumb . If the writer takes the pen in his hand as above instructed , he will see that the right point touches ...
Jesse George Cross. is rolled a little to the right , it will be necessary to roll the pen in the fingers a little toward the thumb . If the writer takes the pen in his hand as above instructed , he will see that the right point touches ...
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abbreviations able added alphabet American appear become beginning capitals CHAPTER character Civil combination common connection consist consonant contractions COUNTY Court curved dare direction Doctor downward EXERCISE expressed familiar fear frequently fully gave give halved hand hence honored horizontal ILLUSTRATIONS important indicated knew Knight Knight of St legible length LESSON letter long-hand loop means Member movement necessary never oblique omitted outline phonography phrase position possible practice preceding prefix present rapid reach reading reference render reporting represented rest Royal shaded short short-hand side signs slope Society stenographer style suggest things thought tick tion trans turned unto upward usually vowel word signs writing written ما
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Page 283 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts — she needs none. There she is — behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history: the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill — and there they will remain forever.
Page 283 - State or neighborhood ; when I refuse, for any such cause, or for any cause, the homage due to American talent, to elevated patriotism, to sincere devotion to liberty and the country ; or, if I see an uncommon endowment of heaven, if I see extraordinary capacity and virtue, in any son of the South, and if, moved by local prejudice or gangrened by State jealousy, I get up here to abate the tithe of a hair from his just character and just fame, may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...
Page 65 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 283 - And sir, where American Liberty raised its first voice; and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 64 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 65 - The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When Youth and Blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime You may for ever tarry.
Page 274 - If a Roman citizen had been asked if he did not fear that the conqueror of Gaul might establish a throne upon the ruins of public liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece...
Page 68 - MY heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when I shall grow old, 5 Or let me die ! The Child is father of the Man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 282 - ... patriotism were capable of being circumscribed within the same narrow limits. In their day and generation they served and honored the country, and the whole country, and their renown is of the treasures of the whole country. Him, whose honored name the gentleman himself bears — does he deem me less capable of gratitude for his patriotism, or sympathy for his sufferings, than if his eyes had first opened upon the light in Massachusetts instead of South Carolina?
Page 283 - I see an uncommon endowment of heaven— if I see extraordinary capacity and virtue in any son of the south — and if, moved by local prejudice, or gangrened by state jealousy, I get up here to abate the tithe of a hair from his just character and just fame, may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ! Sir, let me recur to pleasing recollections — let me indulge in refreshing remembrances of the past...