chirography
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The early registers still exist in Stationers' Hall, near Paternoster Row, London, in quaint and almost undecipherable chirography, and some of them have been reissued in facsimile.
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I have been poring over his old-time chirography, clear-cut and beautiful as copper-plate.
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The writing as an example of the chirography of the century is of interest.
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My darling Brother,— I owe you two good long letters, and am ashamed to think how long it is since you have seen my crabbed chirography.
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We shall not object to your chirography, so you must practise it often, and let me hear of your progress and well-doing.
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