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both, fometimes different 5 and therefore it is proper hereto give 
a table of verbs, efpecially the mofl uiual, forthole three cales, 
which may at once teach their fignification and their formation, 
as boil, boiled, boiled, bake, baked, baked, ^c. teach, taught, 
taught, buy, bought, bought, ^c. give, gave, given 5 write, 
wrote, written, ^c. ^ 
Having thus difpatched the verbs, he is then to learn the pre- 
pofitions, wherein lies the whole regimen of the noun; for, dA- 
veriity of cafes we have none, the force of which is to be infi- 
nuated by proper examples, luired to their diiferent bonifications, 
as for inflance^ of, a piece of bread 5 a cup of water ; a pint of 
wine, £5?/:. and in like manner, ofF, on, to, from, at, h\ by, ^c. 
and by this time he v^ill be pretty well enabled to undcrftand a ' 
fingle fentence. In the lad place, he is in like manner to be 
taught conjunctions, that ferve to conne£l not only words but fen- 
tences ; as, and, if, but, becaufe, therefore, ^c. and thefe to be il- 
luftrated to him by examples 5 as, becaufe I am cold, therefore I 
go to the fire, that I may be warm 3 for it is cold weather. By 
this tim.e his book, if well furnifhed with plenty of words and 
thole well digefted under feveral heads and m proper order, and 
well recruited from time to time, as new words occur, will ferve 
him in the nature both of a dictionary and grammar : And in 
cafe the deaf perfon be otherwife of a good natural capacity and 
the teacher of good fagacity, by this method proceeding gradually 
itep by ftep, you may with diligence and a due application of 
teacher and learner, in a year's' time or thereabouts perceive a 
greater progrefs than you could expea, and thereby a good foun- 
dation laid for further inftru£iion in matters of religion and 
other knowledge, which may be taught by books. It will be 
convenient all^along to have pen, ink and paper at hand, to 
write down in words what you lignify to him by figns, and caule 
him to write, or fhew him how to write whatever hem.eans by 
figns 5 which way of fignifying their minds by figns, deaf perlons 
are often very good at 3 and' we mult endeavour to learn tneir 
lanc^uage, if I may fo call it, in order to teach them ours, by 
lliewing what words anfwer to their figns : It will alio be proper, 
as vou go on, after lome convenient progrels made, to exprexs 
in as plain language as may be, the import of fomeof tne tables 5 
as for mftance; the head is the higheft part or the body 5 the feet 
the loweft part, the forehead is over the eyes, ^C. and luch plain 
diicourfe, put into writing and particularly explained, will teach 
him by degrees to underfiand plain fcntences :- And liich hke^ad- 
vantages a fa^acious teacher may take, as occaiion otters, 'xhis 
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