The Stenographical Copy-Book, or Short-Hand Instructor: The Characters Which Compose the Short-Hand Alphabet (Classic Reprint)

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Lastly, having gone through this course of initiatory exercises, first in reading Short-hand, and afterwards in writing it, from correct specimens in M. He may now to write original Short-hand exercises, from select passages in the Spectator of Addison, the Idler of Dr. Johnson, or any of the popular productions of the present day, either in prose or verse, the former, however, being rather to be preferred for the purpose since the language of prose is generally and simple, the sentences less involved, and the connexion of the words more obvious than in the more elaborate compositions of verse. In transcribing poetry, therefore, in Short-hand, greater attention should always be paid in order to render the words perfectly legible, and that the reader may experience little or no dificulty; in short, that he may be able to read, without reference to the connexion, nearly with the same facility and certainty, as if the piece were written at full length, in common Long-hand. In no case whatever, ought legibility to be sacrificed to mere brevity. Unques tionably, if it is worth while to write or transcribe any thing, it is also worth while to write it well; which implies, at least, that what is written should be legible; otherwise it is, in fact, a downright waste both of time and paper.

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