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mencing at folio 67,) extant; one that can be read with ease, and that is tolerably correct; which cannot be said of any other edition now offered to the publick.

In addition to the satisfaction to be enjoyed by possessing a well printed and correct copy of Adam's Latin Grammar, there is another advantage to be gained by the purchase of this edition, and that is on the score of economy. The numerous extracts from the Latin Classics will supersede the necessity of purchasing several books to be used for exercises, which will effect a very considerable saving of expense in the purchase of books.

Should the "Latin Grammar Simplified" prove successful in aiding and assisting the teacher in imparting, and the pupil in obtaining, a knowledge of the important science of which it treats, my satisfaction will not arise solely from the prospect of receiving a pecuniary compensation for my labour and expense, but it will be a source of grati fication to reflect on my being, in any way, instrumental in accomplishing so desirable an object as that contemplated in the publication of this work; but, should my hopes and expectations prove abortive, by its failure of success, I shall console myself under the disappointment, and endeavour to bear my loss with a degree of cheerfulness, from the reflection, that its failure cannot be attributed to the want of exertion, on my part, to render it deserving of publick patronage, and that the discerning will know how to appreciate the well-meant services of a member of this enlightened republic, although the contemplated object should not be attained.

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New-York, 1st January, 1824.

THE PUBLISHERS.

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TO INSTRUCTERS.

THE principal design of prefixing these introductory exercises to the Grammar is to relieve the student from the irksome and unprofitable task of committing to memory what he does not understand; to impress the inflections of the parts of speech and the rules of syntax clearly and forcibly on his memory, by exhibiting them in condensed views; and, by furnishing easy exercises adapted to those inflections and rules in detail, to facilitate the labour of translating and parsing.

The following plan of instruction is in conformity with this design.

Commence at page 10th, and read over the declensions of substantives and adjectives, explaining to the pupil the distinctive marks of the different declensions, and the manner in which an adjective agrees with a substantive. Then practise him a short time in translating and parsing a few of the examples under "Exercises," on page 10th, declining the adjective and substantive, first separately, and then conjointly. This will prepare him to understand, and consequently to commit to memory with facility and pleasure, the general rules relating to the declensions of substantives and adjectives, as contained in the grammar, commencing at page 69. By proceeding in this manner, illustrating each part of speech, and practising the student in parsing it, before he is called upon to commit to memory its Etymology and Syntax, his progress through the grammar will be rendered both pleasing and profitable. His task will be much lighter, and the impression on his memory more permanent, than if he had proceeded in the inverted order, committing what he could not understand, and deferring the exercise of parsing till he had gone through the grammar.

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SECOND DECLENSION.

Pŭěr, a boy, masc.

Liběr, a book, masc.

Singular.

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N. Pŭěr, G. Puĕri, D. Puĕrō, A. Puěrům, V. Puěr, A. Puěrō;

G. Puĕrōrům,

D. Puĕris,

A. Puĕrōs,

V. Puĕri, A. Puĕris.

Dominŭs, a master, masc. N. Dominus, N. Dŏmini, G. Domini, G. Dominōrum, D. Domino, D. Dominis, A. Dominum, V. Domině, A. Domino;

V. Domini, A. Dominis.

Sermo, a speech, masc.

N. Sĕrmo,
G. Sermonis,
D. Sermōni,
A. Sermōněm,
V. Sermo,
A. Sermōně;

V. Sermōnēs,
A. Sermonibus.

Rūpēs, a rock, fem.

- liber. Felix dominus. LeLenior puer. nis sermo, Tenerum caput. Pulcher currus, Pulchra res. Pulchrum cornu. Felix facies. Felix iter. Tenerum cornu. Tenera res. Bonus sermo. Bona res. Bonum sedile. Lenis dominus. Lene iter. Pulcher liber. Pulchra facies. Pulchrum caput. Lenior dominus. Lenior res. Lenius iter. Unus puer. Una rupes. Unum donum. Duo libri. Duæ Musæ. Duo cornua. Tres libri. Tres sermones. Tria capita, Tres rupes. Unus lapis, Tres lapides, Duo currus. Duæ facies. Duo sedilia. Altus currus. Durus lapis. Durior rupes. Altior currus. Altius cornu. Durius caput. Felicior puer. Felicius iter. Pulchrior la pis. Pulchrius caput. Tenerior Musa, Tenerius cornu, Facilior res, FaN. Lăpĭs, cilius iter. Melior puG. Lapidis, er. Melius donum. Pejor D. Lapidi, dominus. Pejus donum. A. Lapiděm, Major liber. Majus sedile. V. Lapis, A. Lapidě; Minor rupes. Minus cornu. Altissima rupes. Durissimus lapis. Felicissimus puer. Optimus dominus. Optima Musa. Optimum donum. Parvus puer. Malus liber. Magnus currus. Magua rupes. Magnum caput. Parvum sedile. Minus sedile. Minimum sedile. Facilis Musa. Facilior Musa. Facillima Mu- N. Rēs, sa. Tener dominus. Te- G. Rei, nerior dominus Tenor. D. Rei,

N. Rūpės, G. Rupis, D. Rupi, A. Rupem, V. Rupės, A. Rupě;

V. Liběr,
A. Librō;

Dōnům,

N. Dōnům,
G. Dōni,

N. Libri,

G. Librōrům,

D. Libris,

A. Librōs,

V. Libri, A. Libris. a gift, neut.

N. Dōnă,

G. Dōnōrům,

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A. Dominos,

A. Dōnum,

A. Dōnă,

V. Dōnăm,

V. Dōnă,

A. Dōnō;

A. Dōnis.

THIRD

DECLENSION.

Căpăt, the head, neut.

N. Sĕrmōnēs, G. Sermonům,

N. Căput,

N. Căpătă,

G. Capitis,

D. Sermonibus,

D. Capiti,

A. Sermōnēs,

A. Caput,

A. Capătă,

V'. Caput,

A. Capitě;

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