Now seven times sev'n are forty-nine
Young sailors, bold and true;
And seven times eight are fifty-six
Belonging to the crew.

Then sev'n times nine are sixty-three,
According to this rule;

And eight times eight are sixty-four
Good boys and girls at school.

And eight times nine are sev❜nty-two,
That will not stay away;

Then nine times nine are eighty-one,
And now we'll go to play.

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.
Here's my Left Knee.
Here's my Left Arm.
Here's my Left Ear.

This is my Mouth with which I Eat;
This is my Mouth with which I Eat.

Second.

Here's my Right Foot; Here's my Left Foot.
Here's my Right Cheek; Here's my Left Cheek.
Here's my Right Leg; Here's my Left Leg.
Here's my Right Hand; Here's my Left Hand.
These are my Shoes
upon my Feet;
These are my Shoes upon my Feet.

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
'Tis best to read distinct and slow.
Stops should be minded, and I'll teach
Their names, and time to rest at each.

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,
And stop while counting one, two, three.

At a Full Stop I wait still more,
While I can count one, two, three, four.

! The Note of Admiration view,

Surprize or grief it shews to you ;
And here I wait, as said before,
While I can count one, two, three, four.

? Notes of Interrogation shew

Questions, as this;-What do you know?
And here I wait a little more,

Than time to count one, two, three, four.

Observe these rules, and soon you'll find
Your reading please the Teacher's mind.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

PART I.

English Grammar doth us teach,
That it hath nine parts of speech;-
Article, Adjective, and Noun,
Verb, Conjunction, and Pronoun,
With Preposition, and Adverb,
And Interjection, as I've heard.
The letters are just twenty-six,
These form all words, when rightly mix'd.
The Vowels are, a, e, o, i,

With u, and sometimes w and y.
Without the little vowel's aid,
No word or syllable is made?
But Consonants the rest we call,
And so of these we've mention'd all.

PART II.

1 Three little words we often see,
Are Articles-a, an, and the.

2 A Noun's the name of any thing—
As School, or Garden, Hoop, or Swing.

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—
As oh! how pretty-ah! how wise.

The whole are call'd Nine Parts of Speech,
Which reading, writing, speaking teach.

ON THE ARTICLE.

"Three little words we often see
Are Articles--a, an, and the ;"
But yet in KIND, there are but Two,
And what they're called I now will shew.
Indefinite, a or an will be,

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,-
As School, or Garden, Hoop, or Swing."
Of these-TWO KINDS, we're all aware,
Common and Proper named they are.
Also TWO NUMBERS-known before
As Singular, one-Plural, more.

To Nouns, THREE GENDERS there will be, -
First Masculine or Male, as he;
Feminine, Female, known as she;
Last, Neuter, which applies to all
That have not life-such, it, we call.
THREE CASES next to Nouns we give,
Nominative-as, Man may live :
Possessive next-as, John's new Coat:
Objective last-as, see the Boat.

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ON THE ADJECTIVE.

Adjectives tell the kind of Noun,
As great, small, pretty, white, or brown."

-

Of these, COMPARISONS we see,-
Their number, all allow are THREE:
First, the Positive stands in view,
Which merely states what kind to you:
Then, the Comparative does more,—
Adds to, or lessens that before :
The last, Superlative we call-
Which shews the least, or most, of all.

ON THE VERB.

"Verbs tell of something being done,
As t' read, write, count, sing, jump, or run."
Of Verbs, we're told, there are THREE KIND-
You'll Active, Passive, Neuter, find.
They've NUMBERS TWO-and PERSONS THREE,
Likewise FIVE MOODS, plain as can be.
First, the Indicative will stand-

Th' Imperative next, with high command—
Then the Potential-power and will;
Next, the Subjunctive-doubting still;
Last, the Infinitve we find,-

All brought by certain signs to mind.
Verbs have THREE TENSES too we're told-
Present, Past, Future-they unfold.

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;
And if you these retain in mind,

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.