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A shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by a practiced shorthand writer. The exercise is dictated from ‘Lecture IX: On the Conduct of the Understanding’ by the philosopher Sydney Smith.

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Eighteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill a notebook page. In the top right the number three indicates the page number.
The second page of a shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by a practiced shorthand writer. The exercise is dictated from ‘Lecture IX: On the Conduct of the Understanding’ by the philosopher Sydney Smith.

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Seven lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the top half of a notebook page. A horizontal line, running from left to right, follows, underneath which are nine lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters. The shorthand on the top half of the page is the third part of 'Sydney Smith' version B. The shorthand on the bottom half of the page is part of an untitled exercise about hereditary privilege. In the top right the number five indicates the page number.
The top half of the page features the third and final part of a shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by a practiced shorthand writer. The exercise is dictated from ‘Lecture IX: On the Conduct of the Understanding’ by the philosopher…

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A page from a book. A box containing a black and white illustration takes up half of the page. Two short columns of printed text appear above and below the illustration. At the top of the page the heading reads 'MR. BOLTER AND FRIEND' and indicates the page number, 151. In the illustration a young man stands on a platform in the centre, hands on hips, knee slightly raised. A policeman stands on the floor to his right; he gestures with a right fist thumb out and holds his hat under his other arm. To the right, six ladies and gentlemen, with the implication of more behind them, lean over a wooden panelled seating area. To the left, an older man sits on a carved high back chair at a high bench. Four men work at desks below. One man is writing, one is hunched over the desk and two stand behind a slanted desk covered in papers.
An illustration of the Artful Dodger in court from the Household Edition of Oliver Twist

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A zoomed in image of text from the page of a printed text. Five paragraphs are numbered from one to five in Roman numerals.
Text from the preface of The Mirror of Parliament, for the Second Session of the Eighth Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland; Commencing 29 January 1828

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A printed title page from a book. The paper shows age marks. The title is in large bold capital letters followed by the subheading, editor, volume number and publisher.
Title page from The Mirror of Parliament, for the Second Session of the Eighth Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland; Commencing 29 January 1828

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A printed page from a book. In small text the page is headed 'Of David Copperfield'. The page number in the top right corner reads 385. The text is headed 'Chapter XXXVIII A Dissolution of Partnership'. The page has four paragraphs of text.
Text from the first page of chapter 38 of David Copperfield

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An age-marked page from a book. In the top centre of the page, ornamental illustrated writing reads 'David Copperfield by Charles Dickens'. A black and white illustration below shows a moody, billowing cloudy sky over a choppy sea. Seagulls fly above it. On the shore a large upturned wooden boat is topped with a washing line of clothes blowing in the wind and a smoking chimney. The boat is surrounded by scattered nets, crates, fishing pots and barrels. A young girl sits in the foreground by a pile of pots, ropes, sheets and such. She is barefoot and wearing a simple dress. Her hair is tousled by the wind. She rests one hand in her lap and the other flat on the ground. At the bottom of the page in small plain print are the details of the publisher.
Illustrated vignette title page from David Copperfield

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A black and white illustration from a book. The page shows age markings. A boisterous classroom full of more than forty boys in identical dress and with similar haircuts. A stern, slender man stands behind the raised teacher's desk at the front left leaving his stool vacant. A young man who appears older than all the other boys stands in the centre of the chaotic classroom, adopting a proud pose. Two large men are entering the scene from a door on the right. At the front a boy has lifted his bench to slide another boy onto the floor. Books, marbles and other items litter the floor.
Illustration of Steerforth and Mr Mell from David Copperfield

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A title page from a book. The book title is printed in large bold capital letters followed by the author, illustrator and publisher in smaller print.
Title page for the first bound edition of David Copperfield

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