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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885. Excerpt: ... 148 EXPERTS IN HANDWRITING. 'By my life, ' cries Malvolio, as he picks up the letter dropped by the artful Maria, the noble gull-catcher, 'this is my lady's hand; these be her very C's, her U's and her T's; and thus makes she her great P's. It is, in contempt of question, her hand.' Nor does the pragmatical steward rely only upon the formation of the capital letters for identification; for in 'To the unknown beloved, this, and my good wishes, ' he recognises her very phrases, and, in the impressure of her Lucrece, the seal she was wont to use. In these observations lie almost the entire practice and cunning of a good expert. The career of the earliest recognised authority on the similarity of handwritings, to whom the title expert was first applied, exemplifies so completely the training that all who aspire to eminence in the profession should undergo, that much instruction will be gathered from the recital, to say nothing of its interest. This was the son of a Hampshire farmer, who, the country life lying somewhat heavy on him, about the time of the battle of Waterloo ran away to London to seek his better fortune. He had a fine gift of penmanship and a good tenor voice, and he expected to turn them both to more lucrative account in the great city than in the simple village of Whitchurch. It is pleasant to know that from the first his bold stroke for freedom succeeded, for at a coffee-house which he frequented to study the advertisements in the daily papers, he fortunately at once made the acquaintance of a music-master, employed at a fashionable Kensington school; by whose friendly offices he was himself engaged there to teach writing and the use of the globes, and from among whose pretty scholars came the lady who was afterwards his wife. But with merely ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154337136 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1154337138 |
| Weight | 1.48 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.02 In |
| List Price | $33.21 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 460 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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