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LESSONS of Words of One SYLLABLE.

FIRST. LESSON.

In Roman Letters*.

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There is only one God; he is the King of kings, and the Saint of jaints.

God is fe good that he loads me every day with kindness; from him I receive all; without him I can have nothing; he knows all that I do, and whatever I fay; his eyes fees to the bottom of my heart.

Near him, Kings are lefs than nothing.

His hands have made all I fee that is good and fine in a word, all is full of his holy

name.

Don't do what is bad, but do what is good; for whosoever does good, pleafes God; but whoever does bad, does not fear God, and acts very wrong.

All our steps move towards death; but those who live well are not afraid of it.

* The following Tranflations will be found not very fmooth in fome places; but this the judicious reader will excufe, well knowing, that when two Languages are made to correfpond word for word, it is impoffible but one of them fhould be a little ftiff, or not quite literal.

SECOND

SECOND LESSON.

In Italic Letters.

Ne fais point de cas du mal l'on dit de toi; et fais de bon cœur tout ce que tu dois.

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Tiens-toi près de ceux qui font gens de bien; et fi tules crais tels, ne fois point du tout las de les voir.

On ne plait pas tant par ce que l'an dit, que par ce que l'on fait. Un don en vaut deux, quand on le fait de son chef; il en vaut cent, quand on le fait de bon cœur.

Lorfque l'on fait que l'on eft bon, on ne l'eft pas long tems; mois, dès qu'on le dit, on ne l'eft plus de tout.

Le jeu ne vaut rien; je plains ces gens que l'on voit par-tout, et tous les jours au jeu, ils font du jour la nuit, et de la nuit le jour.

Quand on perd, on eft tout hors de foi; on fe fent le cœur tout en feu; in le voit à nos yeux; on ne fait plus ce que l'on eft, ni ce que l'on dit, ni ce que l'on fait; ce font là les beaux fruits du jeu,

Do not mind what one may fay of thee; and do heartily whatever thou haft to do.

Keep company with fuch as are good; and if thou knoweft them to be fo, never be tired of feeing them.

We do not please so much by what we fay, as by what we do. A gift is worth two, when freely given; it is worth a hundred of them, when it is made heartily.

When a man knows he is good, he does not remain long fo; if he declares it, he is fo no longer.

Gaming is good for nothing; I pity those who are every day gaming; they turn day into night, and night into day.

When a man lofts, he is quite mad; he feels his heart heated, which is known by his looks; he no longer knows what he fays, nor, what he does; thefe are, the confequences of gaming.

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