A new method of easily attaining the Italian tongue, according to the instructions of Signor Veneroni

To the right Honourable John, Earl of Westmorland, Baron le Despenser and Burghersh, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford [dedica in italiano]

To the reader p. V

Al lettore p. VII

[traduzione in francese] p. IX

A list of the subscirbers in the University of Oxford p. XI

A list of the subscirbers in the University of Cambridge p. XXV

An Italian grammar. Part I. 1 p. 1

Of the pronunciation of the vowels p. 2

Of the pronunciation of the consonants p. 3

A collection of words and syllables, the most difficult to be pronounced p. 9

A recapitulation of the Italian pronunciation p. 12

The French pronunciation. Abbrege’ de la pronunciation Françoise pour les Italiens & les etrangers p. 13

Chapter I. Of the articles in general p. 19

Of the definite article p. 20

Of the indefinite article p. 24

Remarks on the articles p. 25

Chap. II. Of the nouns p. 28

Of nouns ending in a p. 29

Of nouns ending in e p. 29

Of the nouns in i p. 31

Of the nouns in o p. 32

Of nouns in u p. 34

Remarks on the nouns p. 35

Of the augmentatives p. 35

Of the diminutives p. 36

Of adjectives p. 37

Of the comparatives p. 38

Of the superlatives p. 41

Of numeral nouns p. 42

Ordinal nouns p. 42

A rule (for those who understand French) to learn a great many Italian words in a short time p. 43

Chap. III. Of the pronouns p. 45

Of pronouns personal p. 46

Of the pronoun se, one’s self, or himself p. 48

Of pronouns conjunctive p. 49

Of the pronouns possessive p. 52

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 avere, to have p. 60

The conjugation of the auxiliary verb essere, to be p. 66

Of the conjugations p. 71

An easy method of learning to conjugate the verbs p. 71

The first conjugation of the verbs in are p. 73

Remarks on the verbs in are p. 78

Of the verbs passive p. 79

The conjugation of the verbs passive p. 79

The second conjugation of the verbs in ere p. 82

The third conjugation of the verbs in ire p. 87

Of the irregular verbs in are p. 94

Of the irregular verbs in ere p. 103

The conjugation of the irregular verbs in ere, long p. 105

Of the verbs in ere, short p. 122

A new and general rule to learn in a moment the irregular verbs in ere, short p. 123

Terminations of the verbs in ere, short p. 124

Irregular of the third conjugation p. 140

Of verbs neuters p. 149

Of reciprocal verbs p. 149

Of impersonal verbs p. 151

Chap. V. Of the participles p. 160

Chap. VI. Of the adverbs p. 162

A collection of adverbs p. 163

chap. VII. Of the prepositions p. 172

Chap. VIII. Of the conjunctions p. 174

Chap. IX. Of the interjections p. 176

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. 177

The first treatise p. 178

Chap. I. Of the Italian orthography p. 178

Chap. II. Of the apostrophe p. 179

Chap. III. Of the words that must be retrench’d p. 181

Chap. IV. Of the words that must not be retrench’d p. 182

The second treatise. Of the Italian accent p. 183

Chap. I. Of the grave accent p. 184

Chap. II. Of the acute accent p. 185

The third treatise. Of the Italian concordance p. 189

Chap. I. Of the concordance of the article p. 189

Chap. II. Of the concordance of nouns p. 191

Chap. III. Of the syntax of pronouns p. 192

Chap. IV. Of the syntax of verbs p. 195

Chap. V. Of the syntax of participles p. 203

Chap. VI. Of the syntax of the adverbs and prepositions p. 207

Important remarks on the particle si, it is or they, etc. p. 209

The fourth treatise. Remarks on some verbs and propositions that have different significations p. 214

The fifth treatise. Of the composition, and the rules to write and speak Italian, contained in some themes p. 227

The sixth treatise. Of the poetical licences, and the diverse synonyma’s of the names of the Gods p. 243

The seventh treatise of improper and obsolete words p. 253

The Italian master third part containing a vocabulary of words

most necessary to be known p. 257

A collection of verbs, most necessary to be first learnt p. 309

Familiar dialogues p. 323

A collection of Italian phrases, or manners of speaking, in which the delicacy of that language consists p. 363

A collection of jests, several diverting stories, sentences, and the

choicest Italian proverbs [ore di recreazione] p. 379

Costumi de’ franceschi, tedeschi, italiani, spagnuoli ed inglesi p. 395

A collection of the choicest Italian proverbs p. 400

A collection of the finest expressions in the most famous Italian poets p. 412

A collection of inscriptions of Italian letters p. 424

Of titles and qualities used in Italian letters p. 427

Different manner of ending letters p. 438

Raccolta d’alcune lettere de’ principali autori, che servono per l’esercizio della lingua Italiana p. 440

FINE p. 454

ERRATA p. 454