Now seven times sev'n are forty-nine Then sev'n times nine are sixty-three, And eight times eight are sixty-four And eight times nine are sev❜nty-two, Then nine times nine are eighty-one, Here's my Right Side; Here's my Right Knee; Here's my Right Arm; Here's my Right Ear; Here's my Left Side. This is my Mouth with which I Eat; Second. Here's my Right Foot; Here's my Left Foot. These Lessons will be found a pleasing change for the younger children, and for whom it is principally intended. STOPS. In reading, Children ought to know This is a Comma, here I stay While counting one upon my way. ; The Semicolon now I view, Here I must stop, and count one, two. : The Colon next I here may see, At a Full Stop I wait still more, ! The Note of Admiration view, Surprize or grief it shews to you ; ? Notes of Interrogation shew Questions, as this;-What do you know? Than time to count one, two, three, four. Observe these rules, and soon you'll find ENGLISH GRAMMAR. PART I. English Grammar doth us teach, With u, and sometimes w and y. PART II. 1 Three little words we often see, 2 A Noun's the name of any thing— 3 Adjectives tell the kind of noun 4 As great, small, pretty, white, or brown. Instead of Nouns, the Pronouns stand— John's head, his face, my arm, your hand. 5 Verbs tell of something being done— To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run. 6 How things are done, the Adverbs tellAs slowly, quickly, ill, or well. 7 Conjunctions join the Nouns togetherAs Men and Children, Wind or Weather. A Preposition stands before 8 A Noun-as, in or through a Door. 9 The interjection shows surprise— The whole are call'd Nine Parts of Speech, ON THE ARTICLE. "Three little words we often see Definite, is ascribed to the. The first two, a or an, we say When meaning one, as thus-a day; But the we use to one or more Of something, understood before. ON THE NOUN. "A Noun's the name of any thing,- To Nouns, THREE GENDERS there will be, - 66 ON THE ADJECTIVE. Adjectives tell the kind of Noun, - Of these, COMPARISONS we see,- ON THE VERB. "Verbs tell of something being done, Th' Imperative next, with high command— All brought by certain signs to mind. Grammarians however claim SIX as their number-which I'll name. Present, Imperfect, Perfect-view Pluperfect, and two Futures too. Of Verbs and lessons said before, When older grown you'll learn much more; The rest much easier you will find. QUESTIONS ON THE FOREGOING LESSONS. 1. How many Letters are there in the English Language ? Twenty-six. Vowels and Consonants. 2. What are they divided into? 3. Name the Vowels. A e iou, and sometimes w and y. |