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Sydney Smith Part 1 Version B extract
The title and first line of a shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by a practiced shorthand writer.
Sydney Smith Part 1 Version A extract
The title and first line of a shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by someone less experienced with the Brachygraphy system.
Charles Dickens's shorthand notebook 'Part 6: Examples'
A page from Dickens's shorthand teaching notebook, explaining how to use the Brachygraphy system. This page provides a range of example phrases.
Charles Dickens's shorthand notebook 'Part 3: Dots on Vowels'
A page from Dickens's shorthand teaching notebook, explaining how to use the Brachygraphy system. This page explores rules concerning dots on vowels.
Charles Dickens's shorthand notebook 'Part 2: Dots'
A page from Dickens's shorthand teaching notebook, explaining how to use the Brachygraphy system. This page explores rules concerning the use of dots.
Sydney Smith Part 3 Version B
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…
Sydney Smith Part 2 Version B
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.
Sydney Smith Part 1 Version B
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.
Sydney Smith Part 1 Version A
A shorthand dictation exercise titled 'Sydney Smith' by someone less experienced with the Brachygraphy system. The exercise is dictated from ‘Lecture IX: On the Conduct of the Understanding’ by the philosopher Sydney Smith.
Arthur Stone's Preface
Arthur Stone's preface to the notebooks kept from the time when he was Charles Dickens's shorthand pupil