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Fourteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill three quarters of a notebook page.
The second and final part of a critique of hereditary privilege, written in shorthand

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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 figure 10000£ is written as a figure amongst the other 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 bottom half of the page features the first part of a critique of hereditary privilege, written in shorthand. The top half features the third and final part of 'Sydney Smith' version B.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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