An Historical Account of Compendious and Swift Writing (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Historical Account of Compendious and Swift Writing Mined (if I mig Olit be indulged a Liberty of fo doing) to in fcribe it to You; who are di ftinguifhed by nothing more remarkably, than great Ta lents, and anfwerable Inclina tions for doing publick, and private Good and from whom I have received a long Series of Favours, the Value of which has been not a little encreafed, by a manner of conferring them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.