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Eighteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook with 'Anecdote' written in longhand at the top. In the top right corner is the number ten, indicating the page number.
The first part of a ghost story written in shorthand about a student prank gone wrong, featuring a ghost in green

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Ten lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill half of a notebook page. Underneath the tenth line is a long horizontal line, indicating the end of the exercise. Underneath this are a few scattered shorthand characters, some repeated. In the top right corner is the number eight, indicating the page number.
The second and final part of a ghost story written in shorthand about a student prank gone wrong, featuring a ghost in green

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Fourteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill three quarters of a notebook page. At the end of the fourteenth line is a long oblique line. Under the fourteenth line of shorthand is a long horizontal line, indicating the end of the exercise. In the top right corner is the number four, indicating the page number.
The second and final part of a ghost story written in shorthand about the apparition of a man's dying brother

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Eighteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook with 'Didactic' written in longhand at the top. In the top right corner is the number twelve, indicating the page number.
An exercise in shorthand critiquing Catholicism

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Nineteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook with 'Nelson' written in longhand at the top. In the top right corner is the number two, indicating the page number. The word 'Nelson' in longhand also appears in the first line.
The first part of a story about the death of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar

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Twenty-one lines of Brachygraphy shorthand written in pencil fill the page of a notebook. The words 'blouse', 'Nelson', and 'Gibraltar' are written in longhand.
The second and final part of a story about the death of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar

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Eighteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook with 'Travelling' written in longhand at the top. In the top right corner is the number nine, indicating the page number.
The first part of a meditation on the benefits of travel, written in shorthand

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Nineteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook. In the top right corner is the number eleven, indicating the page number. In line four the word 'Niagara' is written in longhand.
The second part of a meditation on the benefits of travel, written in shorthand

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Ten lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill half of a notebook page. Underneath the tenth line is a long horizontal line, indicating the end of the exercise. Underneath this the page is divided into three columns, which feature a range of untranscribed shorthand symbols.
The third and final part of a meditation on the benefits of travel, written in shorthand

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Sixteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook. At the top is a longhand title, which reads 'Sunday Night Fifth February 1860', with the word 'Fifth' partially crossed through. In the top right corner is the number one, indicating a page number. In the middle of the page, a vertical line runs from top to bottom. The symbols are not arranged in relation to this line, perhaps suggesting that it was added later.
A shorthand dictation exercise based upon 'Lecture XIV, On the Beautiful – Part II', by the philosopher Sydney Smith. Smith's lecture begins with a quotation from another lecture by Sir Joshua Reynolds entitled Seven Discourses Delivered in the Royal…

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