LESSONS on the preceding SYLLABLES. UN FIRST LESSON. The FABLE of the CROW and the Fox. Crow having perched her N Corbeau s'étant per- A self on a tree, in order to ché fur un arbre, pour manger un morceau de fromage, qu'il tenoit en fon bec; un Renard, qui l'aperçut, fut tenté de le lui enlever. Ainfi, pour amufer le Corbeau, il commença à le louer de la beauté de fon plumage. Le Renard voyant que le Corbeau prenoit goût à fes louanges, lui dit; fi votre voix eft auffi belle que votre corps eft beau, vous devez être le plus joli de tous les oifeaux. Le corbeau fut fi content de ce compliment flatteur, qu'il ouvrit le bec pour montrer qu'il avoit la voix belle, voix belle, et lailla tomber le fromage; le fin Renard s'en faifit, & le mangea aux yeux du Corbeau, qui demeura tout honteux de fa fottife. eat a piece of cheefe which he held in her bill; a Fox, that perceived her, was tempted to take it away from her. Therefore, with an intention of alluring the Crow, he began to praife her for the extraordinary beauty of her feathers. The Fox feeing that the Crow took fome pleasure in his praifes, faid to her; if your voice is as fine as your body is beautiful, you must be the most lovely of all birds. The crow was fo well pleafed with this flattering compliment, that he opened her bill, in order to fhew what a fine voice fhe had, and let fall the piece of cheese; the cunning Fox immediately feized it, and ate it, in the Crow's fight, who was quite afhamed of her folly. MORAL. Les flatteurs font très-dangéreux; il faut toujours être en garde contre eux, Flatterers are very danger ous; we should always be upon our guard against them. SECOND SECOND LESSON. In Italic Letters. The FABLE of the FROG and the Ox. Une Grenouille ayant un jour aperçu un Boeuf qui paifoit dans une prairie, fe flatta de pouvoir devenir auffi groffe que cet animal. Elle fit de grands efforts pour enfler fa peau ridee, & demanda alors à fes compagnes, fi Ja taille commençait à aprocher de celle du Boeuf. Elles lui dirent, que non. Elle fit donc de nouveaux efforts pour s'enfler toujours de plus en plus; & demanda encore une fois aux Grenouilles, fi elle égaloit à peu près la groffeur du Bœuf. Elles lui firent la même réponse que la première fois. La Grenouille ne changea pas pour cela de deffein, elle perfifta; mais le dernier effort qu'elle fit pour s'enfler fut fi violent, qu'elle en creva fur le champ. A Frog spying one day an Ox in a meadow, fancied that fhe could make herfelf as big as that animal. She made great efforts to fwell the wrinkles of her fkin, and asked her companions, whether her fize began to come near that of the Ox. They told her, that it was not. She therefore made new efforts to fwell herself ftill more and more; and afked a fecond time of the Frogs, whether the did almost equal the bi nefs of the Ox. They made her the fame anfwer as they had before. The Frog did not, however, change her design; but the laft effort, which the made to fwell herself, wa foviolent, that the burst immediately. MORAL. Les petits fe ruinent fouvent, quand ils veulent aller de pair, avec les Grands, et les imiter. Little folks ruin themselves, when they attempt to be upon an equality with the Great. D 2 CHAP. CHAP. V. Containing French Words of Four Syllables. French. English. A-BAN-DON-NA (il) ̧ ABANDONED (he) ac-cou-tu-mé ac-cou-tu-mer ac-cu-fa-teur (za) ac-ti-ve-ment ac-ti-vi-té ad-mi-nif-tré ad-mi-ra-ble ad-mi-ra-teur ad-ver-fai-re af-fec-ti-on (fi) at-fir-ma-tif ai-guil-lon-ner ai-guil-lon-né al-lon-ge-ment al-ter-na-tif accidental fitted or dreft to accompany activity, brifkness adminiftered admirable admirer adverfary affection affirmative to incite, Spur on incited, fpurred an lengthening alternative ar-ti-cu-ler af-faif-fon-né (zon) af-fai-fon-ner af-fai fon-neur af-faf-fi-nat af-faf-fi-ner af-fu-ran-ce af-fi-dui-té (du-i) af-fif-tan-ce af-fu-jet-ti af-fu-jet-tir af-tro-lo-gue af-tro-no-me au-da-ci-eux au-di-toi-re (to-è) au-pa-ra-vant au-then-ti-que au-then-ti-quer au-to-ri-té au-to-ri-fer (zè) auf-té-ri-té D 3 English. angelical antique things anglicifm antiquity arbitrary archbishopric archbishop architect to argue arrogantly. arrogance arrogant articulated to articulate Seasoned to feafon Seafoner affafinate to affafinate affurance affiduity affiftance Jubdued to fubdue aftrologer aftronomer audacious auditory before authentic to make authentic authority to authorife aufterity BA-DI |