The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell : $b a gentleman, who, tho' deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger's name at first sight, with their future contingencies of fortune
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The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell : $b a gentleman, who, tho' deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger's name at first sight, with their future contingencies of fortune
Campbell, Duncan, 1680?-1730; Deaf people -- Great Britain -- Biography; Occultism -- Early works to 1900; Prophets -- Great Britain -- Biography
And the pronouns, I, me, my, mine, thou, thee, thy, thine, we, us, our,
ours, ye, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they,
them, their, shoes, heirs, who, whom, whose.
Then under the titles substantive, adjective, teach him to connect
these, as my hand, your head, his foot, his feet, her arm, her arms, our
hats, their John's coat, William's band, &c.
And in order to furnish him with more adjectives, under the title
colours, you may place black, white, gray, green, blue, yellow, red,
&c., and having showed the particulars, let him know that these are
called colours. The like for taste and smell; as sweet, bitter, sour,
stink.
And for hearing, sound, noise, word.
Then for touch or feeling, hot, warm, cold, cool, wet, moist, dry, hard,
soft, tough, brittle, heavy, light, &c.
From whence you may furnish him with more examples of adjectives with
substantives; as white bread, brown bread, green grass, soft cheese,
hard cheese, black hat, my black hat, &c.
And then inverting the order, substantive, adjective, with the verb
copulative between; as silver is white, gold is yellow, lead is heavy,
wood is light, snow is white, ink is black, flesh is soft, bone is hard,
I am sick, I am not well, &c., which will begin to give him some notion
of syntax.
In like manner when substantive and substantive are so connected; as
gold is a metal, a rose is a flower, they are men, they are women,
horses are beasts, geese are fowls, larks are birds, &c.
Then as those before relate to quality, you may give him some other
words relating to quantity. As long, short, broad, narrow; thick, thin;
high, tall, low; deep, shallow, great, big, small (little), much,
little; many, few, full, empty; whole, part, piece; all, some, none,
strong, weak, quick, slow, equal, unequal, bigger, less.
Then words of figure; as straight, crooked, plain, bowed, concave,
hollow, convex; round, square, three-square, sphere, globe, bowl, cube,
die, upright, sloping, leaning forward, leaning backward, like, unlike.
Of gesture; as stand, lie, sit, kneel, sleep.
Of motion; as move, stir, rest, walk, go, come, run, leap, ride, fall,
rise, swim, sink, drawn, slide, creep, crawl, fly, pull, draw, thrust,
throw, bring, fetch, carry.
Then words relating to time; place, number, weight, measure, money, &c.,
are, in convenient time, to be showed him distinctly; for which the
teacher, according to his discretion, may take a convenient season.
As likewise the time of the day; the days of the week, the days of the
month, the months of the year, and other things relating to the
almanack, which he will quickly be capable to understand, if once
methodically shown him.
As likewise the names and situation of places and countries, which are
convenient for him to know; which may be orderly written in his book,
and showed him in the map of London, England, Europe, the world, &c.
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