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day_n	monday_n	saturday_n	wednesday_n	5,795	5	12.7893	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28928	The compleat French-master for ladies and gentlemen being a new method, to learn with ease and delight the French tongue, as it is now spoken in the court of France, in three parts, I. A short and plain grammar, II. A vocabulary, familiar dialogues, the niceties of the French tongue, and twelve discourses ... III. Four collections ... / by A. Boyer ...	Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.	1694 (1694)	Wing B3913; ESTC R16179	184,839	536

be a long one as Autél Altar Vertù Virtue Impôt Tax * The Greek have been strict observers of Accents in which they were in a great measure imitated by the Latin but in all Modern Languages the right use of them is little or not all understood The Acute in French is peculiar to the Vowel e. 1. When the e is Masculine as Pieté Piety Epée Sword 2. When an s is left out because unpronounced as étre to be émouvoir to move formerly spelt estre esmouvoir The Grave is peculiar to the Preposition à to and to the Adverbs là there and où where only for distinction sake à from à hath in the Verb avoir là from la the a Feminine Article and Pronoun and où from the Conjunction ou or The Circumflex is put upon any of the five Vowels a e i o u when any Vowel or Consonant is left out in the same Syllable which the French do often in their new way of spelling as âge age Aûne yard Bâton stick Pân Peacock Formerly spelt aage aulne baston paon and likewise Quêque for quelque some Niêce for Niepce Neece Prêtre for Prestre Priest Conoître for Conoistre to know Nôtre for Nostre our Coûteau for Cousteau knife bû for beu drunk C●û for Col neck foû for fol fool genoû for genouil knee fenoû for fenouil fennel II. By the division I mean those two little points which are sometimes met with on the top of the Vowels e and i to shew that the Vowel so marked belongs not to the same Syllable as the Vowel that is before it as Jouër jouïr to play to enjoy which words consist of these two Syllables jou-er jou-ir III. An Apostroph ' is an inverted c shewing that there is a Vowel wanting and two words made into one as it happens when of two words the first ends in one of these Vowels a e i and the next begins with any Vowel as L'ame for la ame the Soul l'unité for la unité the unity L'enfant for le enfant the Child s'il for si il if he * To this purpose see the IV. Article of the Second Chap. ART 2. THE Distinctions proper to Words and Sentences are eight in Number viz. 1. A Note of continuation thus marked 2. A Comma thus marked 3. A Colon thus marked 4. A Semicolon thus marked 5. A Parenthesis thus marked 6. A Note of interrogation thus marked 7. A Note of Admiration thus marked 8. A period thus marked 1. A Note of Continuation is made use of at the end of the line when the word is divided betwixt that Line and the next or else when two words are joined into one as Mal-seant unbecoming 2. A Comma marks the little pauses one makes in a Discourse both to grace it and to make it clear to the Reader as Vn Prince généreux doux benin communicatif est aimé de tous ses Sujets A Generous Gentle Kind and Affable Prince is beloved of all his Subjects 3. A Colon marks a Sense that seems to be compleat but so that there is still something to be added 4. A Semicolon marks a short member of a Sentence which though it has a full sense of it self yet contributes towards the making up of a compleat Period 5. A Parenthesis ● incloses within its two Figures a Sentence by it self which may be used or omitted and yet the Sence remain intire 6. A note of Interrogation is used where one asks a Question 7. A note of Admiration where one admires or crys out for wonder 8. A Period shews that the Sense of the Sentence is full Of all which you have an Example in the following Lines Ie vis cette belle personne à la promenade la voir l'aimer fût presque tout un j'essayay mais inutilement D'étouffer cette passion naissante mais comment resister aux charmes de la beauté j'aimai donc je trouvai le moyen d'entretenir mon Divin objet c'est ce qui acheva de me perdre car ayant remarqué tant d'Esprit tant de vertu dans cette aimable Personne ma raison ne s'opposa plus à mon amour Ma●s O Malheur lors que je commençois à ne lui●étre pas indifferent la mort m'a ravi toutes mes esperances I saw that Charming Person a walking To see her and to love her was almost all one I strived but in vain to stifle this rising Passion but how can one resist the Powerful Charms of Beauty I loved her I found the way to discourse with her and this was my utter ruin for meeting with so much Wit and so much Virtue in this Divine Creature my Reason opposed my Love no longer But O Misfortune When I begun not to be indifferent to her Death robb'd me of all my hopes THE COMPLEAT French-Master The Second Part. CONTAINING I. A Vocabulary II. The Familiar Dialogues III. The Niceties of the French-Tongue IV. Twelve Discourses by way of Conversation LONDON Printed by Ri● Everingham for T. Salisbury near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street 1694. A VOCABULARY English and French BEING A Collection of all the Words most necessary to Speak either Language Of the World in general Du Monde en général GOd Dieu Iesus-Christ Jesus-Christ The Holy Ghost Le Saint Esprit The World le Monde The Heaven le Ciel An Angel un Ange. The Saints les Saints The Blessed les Bien-heureux The Paradise le Paradis The Hell I'Enfer The Devil le Diable ou le Démon The Fire le Feu The Air I'Air The Earth la Terre The water I'Eau The Sea la Mer. A Star un Astre ou une Etoile The Sun le Soleil The Moon la Lune The Light la Lumiere The Darkness les Tenebres The beams of the Sun les rayons du Soleil The Clouds les nües ou nüages The Wind le vent The Rain la pluie The Thunder le tonnere The thunder-bolt la foudre The lightning l'éclair The rain-bow l'arc-en-ciel The hail la gréle The snow la neige The frost la gelée The ice la glace The mist or fog le broüillard The glazed frost le verglas The dew la Rosée The Earth-quake le tremblement de ●erre The heat la chaleur ou le chaud The ●●ld le froid A month un mois A year un an ou une ann●e An Age or Century un siecle The days of the Week Les jours de la Semaine Monday Le Lundy Tuesday le M●rdy Wednesday le Mécredy Thursday le Jeudy Friday le Vendredy Saturday le Samedy Sunday le Dimanche Of the Time du Tems The day le jour ou la journée The night la nuit The noon le midy The mid-night le minuit The morning le matin ou la matinée The Evening le soir ou la soirée An hour une heure A quarter of an hour un quart d'heure Half an

the Grandeur of their Empire The Lacedemonians of another side Instituted A Yearly Solemnity where unmarried People above five and Twenty were publickly Scourged by Wise Grave and Lusty Matrons To all which 't will not be amiss to add the Precedent of one of the French King's Proclamations and this is the only thing I could ever find Commendable in him Whereby the Parents of Ten Children are not only freed from all manner of Taxes but also Recompensed for their Labour with a considerable Pension But besides Matrimony is no less an happy and blissful State than it is Holy and Honourable For since it made the greater Felicity of our first Parents in the State of Innocency no question but it is now the greatest Supporter of our Human Miseries and the Sweetest Refreshment of the Ca●●s of Life And does not the Wedding-Ring demonstrate by its Circle that as Rotundity is Infinite the same is the Contentment of Married Couples Thence it is that among the Ancients Cupid and the Graces were reckoned among the Attendants of I●●o Goddess of Wedlock and that in this Goddess's Sacrifices the Priests were used to throw away the Gall of the Victim to denote that no bitterness ought to trouble the enjoyments of Matrimony To all this I may add●● Fourth Mativ● which is Charity rewards our Mother countrey We are you know by the Ambition of 〈…〉 in a most sad and lamentable War which daily carries away Thousands of our Men and is it not reasonable that while our Armies are exposed abroad to secure our ●ranquility at home we should imploy it to repair their losses But what need I Enumerate so many Reasons The Experience I have ●gotten by two Husbands sufficiently convinces me that we are not further Women than we are liable to love Follow them Dear R. follow the Natural Inclination of our Sex and do with Gentleness that which you cannot keep from without violence XVII LETTER An Account of a Iourney into the Country Madam I Have been so taken up by the Company we have had at P P that I have often try'd in vain to discharge the promise I made you before I went away to send you the particulars of our Journey and now when I thought to make amends by a long Letter the Affliction which fills this house so overcasts my mind as to render it very unfit to give you a pleasant entertainment But let 's make an attempt and let Affliction tho' never so just disappear for a moment For when all is done it is not reasonable for me to give that heart over to grief to which you have so great a claim On Monday or Tuesday or any other day of the Week you please for I forgot which we set forth from Ritskens at break of day betwixt Eleven and Twelve at Noon we came to Ailsbury where Mr. C and Mr Sp. had waited for us about an hour they shewed at first a great deal of joy at our arrival but their gladness was soon turned into sorrow when they heard you was not in our Company especially Mr. Sp both by his Looks and Speech seem'd to be much griev'd for your absence Two hours after the rest of the Ladies being come with Sir B We sit at Table we Dine About Three of the Clock we get in the Coach and about nine we arrive safely at P P During the four or five first days of our being there the illness of my Lady B t occasioned such a grief amongst us all that we had little or no other Diversion than that of going to see the magnificent House and fine Gardens of Sir W F and even that was troubled by a small accident that befell our Coach My Lady B t being well again every body seem'd to recover with her our enjoyments were brisker than before Mr. Sp Sung Mr. C Drunk and smoak'd Mr. L entertained Mrs. W with amorous Nonsence As for Mrs. D and I being in some conformity of Destiny we stole often from the Company and went upon the Terrass-walk to enjoy the delight of talking of you and Mr. C. The briefness which ought to be observed in a Letter will not let me give a Discription of a famous Rejoicing we had at Mid-Summer-Day of our private Dancings at home of a Visit we made to Mr. C and of my going with Mr. H to my Lord S s Country-House and to Northhampton At our return from this last place we heard the News of Miss B being ill fatal News which cut off all our joys prevented a Hunting-Match we had made for the next day and precipitated our going away There you have a Summary account of our Journey into Northampton-shire I hope to give you the particulars of it at our first interview after which I continually sigh Tho' you have been at Ritskens I cannot forbear telling you that it is one of the finest Seats in England and where Nature seems to have framed a thousand charming Solitudes on purpose either to complain of the cruelties or to receive the favours of a Mistris I am sincerely Your c. RECVEIL De Lettres Choisies sur divers Sujets LETTRE I. A Monsieur le Marquis de M Prisonnier en FRANCE Monsieur VOus ne seriez pas fâché d'étre pris si vous saviez combien vous étes plaint Il y a sans mentir moins de plaisir d'étre à Londres que d'y étre regretté commé vous étes Les plaintes que font pour vous tant d'honnétes-gens valent mieux que la plus belle liberté du monde vous ne devez pas mettre au rang de vos malheurs un accident qui vous a fait recevoir des témoignages de l'affection de tout ce quil y a d'aimables Personnes en Angleterre Dans ce sentiment général de tout le Monde il n'est pas ce me semble à propos Monsieur que je vous dise à cette heure les miens ' Car quelle apparence y a-t-il que vous me dussiez considerer parmi des Princesses des Princes des Seigneurs des Dames parmi des Demoiselles qui valent autant que tout cela Quand vous aurez songé assez long tems à toutes ces Illustres Personnes je vous supplierai tres ' humblement de croire qui'il n'y a qui que ce soit au Monde qui prenne plus de part à toutes vos bonnes mauvaises Fortunes que moy ni qui soit avec plus de Passion Vôtre c. LETTRE II. A MADAME de L Il la Console de la Mort de son Pere Madame N'ayant osé par respect vous écrire jusqu'icy j'ay un extréme regret d'y étre contraint par une si funeste occasion que celle qui m'y oblige à cette heure Ie ne doute pas Madame qu'ayant perdu Monseigneur vôtre Pere dans le tems que vous receviez le plus