Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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THE FIVE DECLENSIONS. |
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THE FIVE DECLENSIONS.
In words of declension the first—
Attend, little scholar, to me—
The singular genitive case
Doth constantly end in an æ.
Attend, little scholar, to me—
The singular genitive case
Doth constantly end in an æ.
In words of declension the second—
To learn it I beg you will try—
The singular genitive case
Doth constantly end in an i.
To learn it I beg you will try—
The singular genitive case
Doth constantly end in an i.
In words of declension the third—
Attend, little scholar, to this—
The singular genitive case
Doth constantly end in an is.
Attend, little scholar, to this—
The singular genitive case
Doth constantly end in an is.
In words of declension the fourth—
Pray learn it without any fuss—
The singular genitive case
Doth constantly end in an us.
Pray learn it without any fuss—
The singular genitive case
Doth constantly end in an us.
In words of declension the fifth—
I pray, little scholar, attend—
The singular genitive case
In ei doth constantly end.
I pray, little scholar, attend—
The singular genitive case
In ei doth constantly end.
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