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" I bought an approved scheme of the noble art and mystery of stenography (which cost me ten and sixpence), and plunged into a sea of perplexity that brought me, in a few weeks, to the confines of distraction. The changes that were rung upon dots, which... "
Parliamentary Short-hand - Page 25
by Thompson Cooper - 1858 - 58 pages
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The Personal History of David Copperfield

Charles Dickens - Boys - 1850 - 736 pages
...bought an approved scheme of the noble art and mystery of stenography (which cost me ten and sixpence); and plunged into a sea of perplexity that brought...in such a position meant such a thing, and in such auother position something else, entirely different; the wonderful vagaries that were played by circles;...
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Lives of the Illustrious: (the Biographical Magazine)., Volume 2

Biography - 1852 - 372 pages
...bought an approved scheme of the noble art and mystery of stenography (which cost me ten and sixpence), and plunged into a sea of perplexity, that brought...distraction. The changes that were rung upon dots, which in one position meant such a thing, and in another position something else entirely different ; the wonderful...
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Self-made Men

Charles C. B. Seymour - Biography - 1858 - 606 pages
...says, "an approved scheme of the noble art and mystery of stenography (which cost me ten and sixpence), and plunged into a sea of perplexity that brought...the confines of distraction. The changes that were run upon dots, which in one position meant such a thing, and in another position something else entirely...
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Self-made Men

Charles C. B. Seymour - Biography - 1858 - 1454 pages
...says, "an approved scheme of the noble art and mystery of stenography (which cost me ten and sixpence), and plunged into a sea of perplexity that brought me in a tew weeks to the confines of distraction. The changes that were run upon dots, which in one position...
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Clever boys of our time, by the author of Famous boys

Joseph Johnson - 1860 - 324 pages
...bought an approved scheme of the noble art and mystery of stenography (which cost me ten and sixpence), and plunged into a sea of perplexity, that brought...distraction. The changes that were rung upon dots, which in one position meant' such a thing, and in another position something else entirely different; the wonderful...
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Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set ...

Charles Dickens - 1867 - 570 pages
...bought an ap' proved scheme of the noble art and mystery of stenography (which cost me ten»" sixpence), and plunged into a sea of perplexity that brought me, in a few weeksi 'J the " " " " .-.:- — 331 «ure in a wrong place ; not only troubled my waking hours, but...
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An Essay on Dickens and the Cricket on the Hearth

Herbert LeGrand Baker - 1868 - 36 pages
...identical. " The changes that were run upon dots, which in one position meant one thing and in another something else entirely different ; the wonderful...flies' legs ; the tremendous effects of a curve in the wrong place," troubled equally the waking and sleeping hours of both. Both were at length successful...
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David Copperfield ...

Charles Dickens - 1870 - 1280 pages
...an approved scheme of the noble art and mystery of stenography (which cost roe ten and sixpence) ; and plunged into a sea of perplexity that brought...wonderful vagaries that were played by circles ; the onaccountable consequences that resulted from marks like flies' legs; the tremendous effects of a curve...
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Charles Dickens: The Story of His Life

John Camden Hotten - 1870 - 206 pages
...may honestly admire. I bought an approved scheme of the noble art and mystery of stenography (which cost me ten-and-sixpence),* and plunged into a sea...distraction. The changes that were rung upon dots, which in one position meant such a thing, and in another position something else entirely different ; the wonderful...
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Charles Dickens, the Story of His Life

John Camden Hotten - Novelists, English - 1870 - 120 pages
...distraction. The changes that were rung upon dots, which in one position meant such a thing, and in another position something else entirely different...unaccountable consequences that resulted from marks like fly's legs ; the tremendous effects from a curve in the wrong place ; not only troubled my waking hours,...
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