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Brachygraphy, or, Short-writing, made easy to the meanest capacity : the persons, moods, & tenses, being comprized in such a manner, that little more than the knowledge of the alphabet is required, to the writing hundreds of sentences, in less time than spoken : the whole is founded on so just a plan that it is wrote with greater expedition than any yet invented, and likewise may be read with the greatest ease : improved after upwards of thirty years practice and experience

Title
Brachygraphy, or, Short-writing, made easy to the meanest capacity : the persons, moods, & tenses, being comprized in such a manner, that little more than the knowledge of the alphabet is required, to the writing hundreds of sentences, in less time than spoken : the whole is founded on so just a plan that it is wrote with greater expedition than any yet invented, and likewise may be read with the greatest ease : improved after upwards of thirty years practice and experience / by Tho. Gurney.
Author
Gurney, Thomas, 1705-1770.
Publication
[London : s.n., 1765?]

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Description
48 p. : port.; 13 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Brachygraphy
  • Short-writing, made easy to the meanest capacity
Subject
Note
  • "Publish'd according to act of Parliam."
  • The title page is engraved.
  • 16 engraved leaves, numbered 3-6, 11-38 are included in the pagination.
Call Number
*IDE (Gurney. Brachygraphy. various editions, 1760-1803)
OCLC
40290684
Author
Gurney, Thomas, 1705-1770.
Title
Brachygraphy, or, Short-writing, made easy to the meanest capacity : the persons, moods, & tenses, being comprized in such a manner, that little more than the knowledge of the alphabet is required, to the writing hundreds of sentences, in less time than spoken : the whole is founded on so just a plan that it is wrote with greater expedition than any yet invented, and likewise may be read with the greatest ease : improved after upwards of thirty years practice and experience / by Tho. Gurney.
Imprint
[London : s.n., 1765?]
Edition
6th ed.
Research Call Number
*IDE (Gurney. Brachygraphy. various editions, 1760-1803)
*IDE (Gurney, T. Brachygraphy. 1765)
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