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... Nouns ( efpecially in Poetry ) io makes two Syllables ; as in Paffion , Paffion ; Action , Action ; Read Paf - fion ... Noun or Verb ; Ex . vrai , or vray , true ; Quai , a Quay ; Je fai , I know ; J'ai or j'ay , I have ; Je parlai , I ...
... Nouns ( efpecially in Poetry ) io makes two Syllables ; as in Paffion , Paffion ; Action , Action ; Read Paf - fion ... Noun or Verb ; Ex . vrai , or vray , true ; Quai , a Quay ; Je fai , I know ; J'ai or j'ay , I have ; Je parlai , I ...
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... Nouns , fuch as Veue , the Sight ; Doreure , Gild- ing : Asalfo in the following , Seureté , Affurance or Security ; affeurer , to affure ; Europe , Europe ; Euftache , Euftachius ; meur , ripe ; meurir , to grow ripe ; Meure , a ...
... Nouns , fuch as Veue , the Sight ; Doreure , Gild- ing : Asalfo in the following , Seureté , Affurance or Security ; affeurer , to affure ; Europe , Europe ; Euftache , Euftachius ; meur , ripe ; meurir , to grow ripe ; Meure , a ...
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... Nouns ending in oir and oire , as in voir , to fee ; recevoir , to receive ; boire , to drink ; Mouchoir , a Handker- chief ; Oratoire , Oratory . Oi in roide , stiff ; and in roidir , to ftiffen , or grow stiff , is gene- rally ...
... Nouns ending in oir and oire , as in voir , to fee ; recevoir , to receive ; boire , to drink ; Mouchoir , a Handker- chief ; Oratoire , Oratory . Oi in roide , stiff ; and in roidir , to ftiffen , or grow stiff , is gene- rally ...
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... Nouns ending in p , and before a Con- fonant in the Singular : Ex : Drap fin , fine Cloth ; bons Draps , good Cloths ; Pron . Dra fin , bon Dra . P is founded before a Vowel ; except in Loup , Wolf ; where it is always mute . P is ...
... Nouns ending in p , and before a Con- fonant in the Singular : Ex : Drap fin , fine Cloth ; bons Draps , good Cloths ; Pron . Dra fin , bon Dra . P is founded before a Vowel ; except in Loup , Wolf ; where it is always mute . P is ...
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... Nouns ending in er and ier , that have more than one Syllable ; Ex . Danger , Danger ; Métier , Trade ; Prémier , first , & c . Pron . Dangé , Metié , Premié . * Yet note , that in these two Cafes R ought to be a little found- ed before ...
... Nouns ending in er and ier , that have more than one Syllable ; Ex . Danger , Danger ; Métier , Trade ; Prémier , first , & c . Pron . Dangé , Metié , Premié . * Yet note , that in these two Cafes R ought to be a little found- ed before ...
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Adjectives Adverbs affez alfo alſo Angl Articles becauſe believe better Body C'eft Cafe called carried carry chofe Cloth Compounds conjugated Conjugation Conjunctive Dialogue Diphthong Engl English Expreffions faid fame fecond Feminine ferve feveral fhall fhould fince fingle firft First following fome fometimes foon founds founds like fpeak French fuch fuis Gender generally give good good for nothing Good Night great Horfe Imperative Infinitive inſtead J'ai joined King know know nothing little love Madame Mafter make Meat moft Monfieur Mood muft muſt mute n'eft Names never Night Nouns Number Obfervation one's paffer Perfon play Plural Pounds Sterling Prefent Prepofition Preterperfect Pronouns puni reçû rife Rule ſhall Singular ſpeak Subftantive Syllable take tems Tenfes thefe There's theſe Thing third thofe thou three Time true ufed uſed Verb Vowel Words
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Page 368 - LE RAT DE VILLE ET LE RAT DES CHAMPS Autrefois le Rat de ville Invita le Rat des champs, D'une façon fort civile, A des reliefs d'Ortolans. Sur un Tapis de Turquie Le couvert se trouva mis.
Page 28 - Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven ; give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trefpafles as we forgive them that trefpafs againft us ; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever and ever : Amen.
Page 371 - Vénus la beauté. Ce n'est plus la vapeur qui produit le tonnerre, C'est Jupiter armé pour effrayer la terre...
Page 28 - I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth: " And in Jefus Chrift His only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under...
Page 28 - Chrift His only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, Born of the Virgin Mary...
Page 28 - From thence he fhall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghoft ; The Holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgivenefs of Sins ; The Refurre&ion of the Body, And the Life everlafting.
Page 369 - Pendant qu'ils étaient en train. A la porte de la salle Ils entendirent du bruit. Le rat de ville détale. Son camarade le suit. Le bruit cesse, on se retire: Rats en campagne aussitôt; Et le citadin de dire: «Achevons tout notre rôt.
Page 389 - C'eft le Ventre qui fait aller les Pieds, & non pas les Pieds le Ventre.
Page 215 - Of knowing or being acquainted with, forgetting, and remembering. Do you know him? Do you know her? Do you know them? I know him very well?
Page 370 - Que peuvent contre lui tous les rois de la terre? En vain ils s'uniraient pour lui faire la guerre : Pour dissiper leur ligue il n'a qu'à se montrer ; II parle, et dans la poudre il les fait tous rentrer.