A new French grammar, teaching a person, of an ordinary capacity, without the help of a master, to read, speak, and write that tongue, in less than half the usual time, in the following Easy Method, never before attempted, viz. I. The true Pronunciation of Vowels, Consonants, Dipthongs, and Tripthongs. II. The Use and Construction of Articles. Of Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, and the Syntax. III. A Dictionary of some useful Words; a Vocabulary French and English; and a Collection of Adjectives expressing divers Qualities. IV. An Alphabetical List of the proper Names of Men and Women, with their Abbreviations. V. Familiar Phrases and Dialogues, disposed in three Columns, viz. 1st, the French as Written and Spelt 2d, the English 3d, The French as Pronounced. VI. A Choice Collection of French and English Proverbs. Vii. A Collection of French Songs. By J.E. Tandon, Teacher of the French Tongue at her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough's. The third edition, with the addition of many new and useful articles, exceeding more than double the Quantity inserted in the former Editions, by the Author. The whole revised and corrected by R. Dugud, Student of the Universities of Paris and Ratisbon.

  • Tandon, J. E.
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M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]
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London : printed for John Millan, near Will's Coffee-House, Scotland-Yard; and J. and J. Fox, at the Half-Moon and Seven Stars, in Westminster-Hall, M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]

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[6],130p. ; 80.

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ESTC T120737

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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