English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
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over his sonn.--Clonar lies bleeding on the bedd of death.--Many a
trapp is set to insnare the feet of youth. The weary sunn has made a golden sett, And, by the bright track of his golden carr, Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow. RULE III. Words ending in _y_, form the plural of nouns, the persons of verbs, participial nouns, past participles, comparatives, and superlatives, by changing _y_ into _i_, when the _y_ is preceded by a _consonant_; as, _spy, spies; I carry, thou carriest, he carries; carrier, carried; happy, happier, happiest_. The present participle in _ing_, retains the _y_ that _i_ may not be doubled; as, _carry, carrying_. But when _y_ is preceded by a _vowel_, in such instances as the above, it is not changed into _i_; as, _boy, boys; I cloy, he cloys_; except in the words _lay, pay_, and _say I_ from which are formed _laid, paid_, and _said_; and their compounds, _unpaid, unsaid_, &c. _False Orthography_.--Our fancys should be governed by reason.--Thou wearyest thyself in vain.--He denyed himself all sinful pleasures. Win straiing souls with modesty and love; Cast none away. The truly good man is not dismaied by poverty. Ere fresh morning streak the east, we must be risen to reform yonder allies green. |
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