The new Italian grammar: or, the easiest and best method for attaining that language

To Nathaniel Axtell of the Inner Temple, Esquire p. III

The author’s preface to the reader [p. VIII]

An introduction to the Italian tongue, for the use of those that do not understand Latin p. 1

The Italian master. Part I. 1 p. 19

Of the Italian pronunciation p. 19

Of the pronunciation of the vowels p. 20

Of the pronunciation of the consonants p. 21

A collection of words and syllables, the most difficult to be pronounc’d p. 23

A recapitulation of the Italian pronunciation p. 25

Chapter I. Of the articles in general p. 26

Of the definite article p. 27

Of the indefinite article p. 30

Remarks on the articles p. 32

Chap. II. Of the nouns p. 34

Of nouns ending in a p. 35

Of nouns ending in e p. 35

Of the nouns in i p. 36

Of the nouns in o p. 37

Of nouns in u p. 39

Of the augmentatives p. 40

Of the diminutives p. 41

Of adjectives p. 41

Of the comparatives p. 42

Of the superlatives p. 44

Of numeral nouns p. 45

Ordinal nouns p. 45

A rule (for those who understand French) to learn a great many Italian words in a short time p. 46

Chap. III. Of the pronouns p. 48

Of pronouns personal p. 48

Of pronouns conjunctive p. 50

Of the pronouns possessive p. 53

Of the pronouns demonstrative p. 54

Of the pronouns interrogative p. 56

Of the pronouns relative p. 56

Of the improper pronouns p. 58

Chap. IV. Of the verbs p. 59

Important remarks on the conjugations p. 59

The conjugation of the auxiliary verb havere, to have p. 60

The conjugation of the auxiliary verb essere, to be p. 64

Of the conjugations p. 68

An easie method of learning to conjugate the verbs p. 68

The first conjugation of the verbs in are p. 70

Remarks on the verbs in are p. 73

Of the verbs passive p. 74

The conjugation of the verbs passive p. 75

The second conjugation of the verbs in ere p. 76

The third conjugation of the verbs in ire p. 81

Of the irregular verbs in are p. 84

Of the irregular verbs in ere p. 90

The conjugation of the irregular verbs in ere, long p. 92

Of the verbs in ere, short p. 103

A new and general rule to learn in a moment the irregular verbs in ere, short p. 104

Terminations of the verbs in ere, short p. 105

Irregular of the third conjugation p. 115

Of verbs neuters p. 121

Of reciprocal verbs p. 121

Of impersonal verbs p. 122

Chap. V. Of the participles p. 129

Chap. VI. Of the adverbs p. 131

A collection of adverbs p. 132

Chap. VII. Of the prepositions p. 139

Chap. VIII. Of the conjunctions p. 141

Chap. IX. Of the interjections p. 142

The Italian master part the second. Containing seven treatises from the best authors; particularly from those who have written on the purity of the Italian language p. 143

The first treatise p. 144

Chap. I. Of the italian orthography p. 144

Chap. II. Of the apostrophe p. 146

Chap. III. Of the words that must be retrench’d p. 147

Chap. IV. Of the words that must not be retrench’d p. 148

The second treatise. Of the Italian accent p. 149

Chap. I. Of the grave accent p. 149

Chap. II. Of the acute accent p. 150

The third treatise. Of the Italian concordance p. 153

Chap. I. Of the concordance of the article p. 153

Chap. II. Of the concordance of nouns p. 154

Chap. III. Of the syntax of pronouns p. 155

Chap. IV. Of the syntax of verbs p. 158

Chap. V. Of the syntax of participles p. 164

Chap. VI. Of the syntax of the adverbs and prepositions p. 166

Important remarks on the particle si, it is or they, etc. p. 167

The fourth treatise of remarks on some verbs and prepositions that have different significations p. 171

The seventh treatise of improper and obsolete words p. 220

The Italian master third part containing a vocabulary of words most necessary to be known p. 224

A collection of verbs, most necessary to be first learnt p. 264

Familiar dialogues p. 274

A collection of Italian phrases, or manners of speaking, in which the delicacy of that language consists p. 306

A collection of jests, several diverting stories, sentences, and the choicest Italian proverbs [ore di recreazione] p. 318

Costumi de’ franceschi, tedeschi, italiani, spagnuoli ed inglesi p. 331

A collection if the choicest Italian proverbs p. 336

A collection of the finest expressions in the most famous italian poets p. 342

A collection of inscriptions of Italian letters p. 353

Of titles and qualities used in Italian letters p. 355

Different manner of ending letters p. 365

FINE p. 366

ERRATA p. 366