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... Rules , to the capacitie of the meanest , and for the vse of all profes- sions , The way of Compendious Writing . Wherevnto is annexed a very easie direction for Steganographie , or , Secret Writing . " This work , al- though it has ...
... Rules , to the capacitie of the meanest , and for the vse of all profes- sions , The way of Compendious Writing . Wherevnto is annexed a very easie direction for Steganographie , or , Secret Writing . " This work , al- though it has ...
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... rule , very easily convinced of the advantages shorthand offers , and well di- rected efforts toward its general introduction would soon accomplish the result desired . " — GEO . H. THORNTON . d Instruction is elementary ; advanced ...
... rule , very easily convinced of the advantages shorthand offers , and well di- rected efforts toward its general introduction would soon accomplish the result desired . " — GEO . H. THORNTON . d Instruction is elementary ; advanced ...
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... rules , meetings were finally held only quarterly - in the evening- and at these important and interesting papers were read : one on par- liamentary reporting in England , a historical essay ; one on reporting in Germany ; one on the ...
... rules , meetings were finally held only quarterly - in the evening- and at these important and interesting papers were read : one on par- liamentary reporting in England , a historical essay ; one on reporting in Germany ; one on the ...
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... rules and explanations . Intended im- mediately to succeed the complete pho- nographic class - book , and the phono- graphic reader . By S. P. Andrews and Augustus F. Boyle . New York : pub- lished and for sale by Andrews & Boyle ...
... rules and explanations . Intended im- mediately to succeed the complete pho- nographic class - book , and the phono- graphic reader . By S. P. Andrews and Augustus F. Boyle . New York : pub- lished and for sale by Andrews & Boyle ...
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... rules are laid down with such propriety , consistence , and perspicuity , that the practitioner will need no other assistance . The whole illustrated with an alphabetical praxis , adapted to all purposes in gen- eral , but more ...
... rules are laid down with such propriety , consistence , and perspicuity , that the practitioner will need no other assistance . The whole illustrated with an alphabetical praxis , adapted to all purposes in gen- eral , but more ...
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Page 476 - If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Page 538 - Christian saw the picture of a very grave person hang up against the wall; and this was the fashion of it. It had eyes lifted up to heaven, the best of books in his hand, the law of truth was written upon his lips, the world was behind his back. It stood as if it pleaded with men, and a crown of gold did hang over his head.
Page 129 - ... the Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops priests, and deacons.
Page 317 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Page 476 - ... convincing those who are intrusted with the public administration that every valuable end of government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people, and by teaching the people themselves to know and to value their own rights, to discern and provide against invasions of them, to distinguish between oppression and the necessary exercise of lawful authority, between burdens proceeding from a disregard to their convenience, and those resulting from the inevitable exigencies of society...
Page 352 - If the end be legitimate and within the scope of the constitution, all the means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, and which are not prohibited, may constitutionally be employed to carry it into effect.
Page 266 - For the North and South alike there is but one remedy. All the constitutional power of the nation and of the States, and all the volunteer forces of the people, should be summoned to meet this danger by the saving influence of universal education.
Page 360 - That, with nothing in the heavens above, the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth to build a prosperity upon, the people of Massachusetts are, per capita, the richest people in the world.
Page 476 - I consider the system of our Common Schools as the palladium of our freedom, for no reasonable apprehension can be entertained of its subversion, as long as the great body of the people are enlightened by education.
Page 406 - For lo ! the days are hastening on, By prophet bards foretold, When, with the ever-circling years, Comes round the age of gold ; When peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendors fling, And the whole world send back the song Which now the angels sing.