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Stenography compleated, or The art of short-hand brought to perfection; being the most easy exact speedy, and legible method extant : Whereby can be joined in every sentence, at least two, three, four, five, six, seven or more words together in one without taking off y pen, in y twinkling of an eye, and that by the signs of the English moods, tenses, persons particles &c. Never before invented. By this new method any who can but tolerably write their names in round hand may with ease (by this book alone without any teacher) take down from ye speaker's mouth any sermon speech trial play, &c. word by word; though they know nothing of Latin. And may likewise read one another's writing distinctly be it ever so long after it is written to perform these by any other short-hand method extant, is utterly impossible, as is evident from ye books themselves. Authoriz'd by His Majesty, and attested by many gentlemen, at the beginning hereof. Compos'd by James Weston, the only author and professor of this new method.
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- Author/Creator:
- Weston, James (Stenographer)
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shorthand.
- Physical Description:
- 10 unnumbered pages,XL pages, 154 unnumbered pages,22 pages,plates : illustrations,portrait ; 8⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for the author and sold by him, at the Hand and Pen, over-against Water Lane, in Fleet-Street, MDCCXLIII. [1743]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- In four parts, each with a separate titlepage.
- Engraved throughout except for eight pages following the titlepage and Part 4.
- "According to the preface this was the eighth edition" (Alston).
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
- Cited in:
- Alston, viii, 190
- English Short Title Catalog, T202325.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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