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Meanings of legible hand in English

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Usage of legible hand in English
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Belle wrote a few sentences in a dashing, but sufficiently legible hand.
Without a Home
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Her son, who could write a very legible hand, wrote the petition.
Tales and Novels — Volume 04
3
On that first page was written, in Henry Dunbar's bold, legible hand-
Henry Dunbar: A Novel
4
The book is written in a very legible hand, probably by the Rev.
Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
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But he wrote a fair, neat, legible hand, and kept accounts with accuracy.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders
6
They are written in a plain, legible hand on paper, parchment being seldom used.
Lands of the Slave and the Free; Or, Cuba, the United States, an...
7
The envelope bore an address, in faded ink, but written in a bold legible hand.
Queed: A Novel
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First he glanced at the signature, and recognized the firm, legible hand of the ironmaster.
The Emperor of Portugallia
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There were stations in which the possession of a legible hand was all that was requisite.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
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The journal is written in a singularly clear and legible hand, evidently by a man of good education.
The Winning of the West, Volume 1 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
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Jack took the epistle, which was somewhat dirty, the superscription being in a large though not over- legible hand.
John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
12
He had, with great care, written out notes of his academical course, and acquired a rapid, legible hand.
Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life
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Among the items enumerated in the very fine, but neat and legible hand of Mr. Jefferson, is the following:
Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch
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He wished them to see the legible hand-writing of those who had only six weeks' training from their alphabet.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
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And so there it is, in a proper, cultured, legible hand: To Joshua, Always enjoy the game no matter what.
The Guardian
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The invalid grasped the pen with wonderful strength, and signed his name in a firm legible hand to the document.
Honor Edgeworth; Or, Ottawa's Present Tense
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Legible hand across language varieties
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