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EXERCISES of bad English, to be corrected for the Im. provement of the young Scholar,

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EXERCISE I.

Hates, thou doth laugh, he deft play; we weepeth, ye does walk, they doth read.

I art trying, thou is idling, he are talking; we art going, ye is seeking, they am tarrying.

I didft afk, thou denied, he performedft; we did demanded, ye did fleeps, they didft return.

*The Learner is defired to take Notice, that fuch Words, as in these Exercises require Correction, will be found printed in Italics,

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I waft marching, thou were writing, he waft exercised; we was paffing, ye waft speaking, they was running.

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EXERCISE II.

Haft heard, thou hath broken, he have behaved, we has belied, ye hath fworn, they has counterfeited.

I hath been betrayed, thou has been deceived, he have been tempted; we has been compared, ye hath been taken, they haft been despised.

I hadft escaped, thou had been condemned, he hadft been confounded; we fhalt deliver, ye Jhalt have poffeffed, they wilt fucceed.

I mayeft continue, thou will enlarge, he migheft have bleft; we shouldest envy, he oughteft to hath finished, they fbalt hath entertained.

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EXERCISE III.

HE Drums beats. The Dog bark. Birds flies. The Child are crying. The Parrot chatter. Cats mews, The Mice is playing.

Many Days has paft. I were very forrowful. My Father waft angry. Such Perfons is much efteemed. Vir tue gain Credit,

I and my Sifter walks often together, Thou and thy Coufin is always wrangling. Honour and Refpect waits on Goodness.

This Fellows wilt be troublesome. My Mother loves him better than I John deliverest the Letter to thou. That is the Man, who thou saw Yelterday.

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EXERCISE IV.

HIS Book is more thicker than THIS thine. She is the most wifeft of the three. Get me your Brother Knife. That wilt add to your Son Difgrace. It is a moft fhockingeft Thing.

Years flides faft away, and old Age creep on apace. Ufe make Artifts, and infenfibly give Dexterity. Flattery are odious, but have many Admirer. Vices imitates Virtues, and by that Means deceives us. Profperity haft numerous Followers, but Adverfity bring Contempt.

Whilft we was hunting, ye was ftudying. She have always highly valued thou, though thou has not believed it. They fays that the King am coming, and that he wilt make a grand Appearance.

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EXERCISE V.

Wife Man wilt hear, and will increafeth Learning; and a

Man of Understanding shalt attains unto wife Counfels.

My Son, forgets not my Law, but let thine Heart keeps my Command

ments.

Withholds not Good from they to who it art due, when it are in the Power of thine Hand to does it.

Hear, ye Child, the Inftruction of a Father, and attendeth to knows Understanding.

Keepeth thy Hearts with all Diligence, for out of it is the Iflues of Life.

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