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TOUT HOMME PRIS ABSTRACTIVEMENT EST L'ÉGAL D'UN HOMME.- Ganilh.

NOUS AVONS SOUVENT BESOIN D'UN MALHEUR.-Juste-Lipse.

PRÉFACE.

Nous renvoyons le Lecteur bénévole aux deux Préfaces qui précèdent notre "Mélange Classique" et nos

"Nou

velles Récréations," pour lui fournir une idée plus claire des détails formant l'ensemble de tous nos recueils scolastiques français.

Ce "Nouveau Choix de Leçons" n'est en réalité qu'un addendum aux autres ouvrages du même genre que nous avons récemment livrés au public. Nous recommandons très particulièrement "Le Petit Facteur " à l'attention des chefs de pensions et des maîtres de langue française. Ils y verront de nouvelles règles et de fort bons modèles de

lettres.

Nos "Nouvelles Récréations" et notre "Nouveau Mélange"

se trouveront chez le même éditeur.

POUR OBTENIR DU CRÉDIT IL FAUT PARAÎTRE EN AVOIR.-Weishaupt.

ON S'INDIGNE RAREMENT CONTRE UN MAL COMMUN ET NÉCESSAIRE.-Roussel.

RIEN N'EST PLUS AISÉ QUE DE PHILOSOPHER SUR LES MAUX DE LA VIE, QUAND ON N'EN CONNAÎT QUE LES BIENS.-G. Sand.

QUI CESSE D'ESPÉRER, IL CESSE AUSSI DE CRAINDRE.-Malherbe.

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RULES FOR BEGINNERS.

These Rules may be referred to for French Words that cannot be found in Dictionaries,* on account of their Gender, Number,

or other Grammatical modifications.

RULE I.

Words that cannot be found ending with s, x, e, or es, must be looked for

without.

RULE II.

When you cannot find a word without making such an alteration, change final

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The following alterations are necessary to find some other words. When you meet withabbesser

.. look for abbé

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aulx
aux

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look for ail

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bel or beller
bénignet

à and les beau

bénin

*The greatest part of the following words will be found alphabetically classed in the author's "New French and English Lexicon."

Or the same word spelt with a final s; as abesses, absoutes, etc.

QUI S'EMBARQUE EST-IL SÛR DE FAIRE BON VOYAGE?-La Chaussée.

LA LIBERTE DE CONSCIENCE EST UN DROIT QUE TOUS LES HOMMES ONT REÇU DE LA NATURE AVEC LA VIE.-Penn.

CE SONT LES SOUVENIRS QUI DONNENT TANT DE PRIX À L'HABITUDE.-Duclos,

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NOS DESTINS Sont prévus, nOS MOMENTS SONT COMPTÉS.— Chénier.

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bestiaux...... borgnesse* caduque*

....

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malin

..... mon

maligne*

.........

maîtresse

......

maître

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When you cannot find a word ending with a double consonant, and a final e or es, such as bonne, grasses, chienne, épaisses, suppose it spelt without the latter consonant and the e or es; as bon, gras, chien, épais.

RULE V.

When you meet with a word, such as l'homme, s'il, l'âme, m'aimiez-vous, jusqu'où, l'y, m'y, t’y, s'y, qu'a-t-il,† j'ai, &c., change the apostrophe into an a, an e, or an i, and look separately for the new word that this additional a, e, or i will form; for example, look for le homme, si il, la âme, me aimiez-vous, jusque où, le or la y, me y, te y, se y, que a il‚† je ai, &c.

RULE VI.

When two or more words are united thus: dit-il, savez-vous, est-ce, vingtdeux, celui-ci, celui-là, look for these words separately; as dit il, savez vous, est ce, vingt deux, celui ci, celui là; that is, if you cannot find them without this alteration.

RULE VII.

Should words be met with written thus, parla-t-il, danse-t-elle, drop the t (which is there only for sound's sake), and look for the words separately; as parla il, danse elle.

RULE VIII.

As you cannot find a verb in most French dictionaries without looking for the Present of the Infinitive of that verb,‡ to find out the Present of the Infinitive of

* Or the same word spelt with a final s.

See Rule VII.

Regular and Irregular verbs (under a conjugated form) cannot be found alphabetically classed in any dictionary but the author's "New French Lexicon."

que ne peut la valeur où LE CŒUR S'INTÉRESSE!-Crébillon.

NOUS VIVONS COMME SI TOUT CECI NE DEVAIT JAMAIS FINIR.-Massillon.

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