English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
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_False Orthography_.--Sedatness is becoming.
All these with ceasless praise his works behold. Stars rush: and final ruin fiercly drives Her ploughshare o'er creation! ------Nature made a pause, An aweful pause! prophetic of her end! RULE VIII. When words ending in silent _e_, assume the termination, _ment_, the _e_ should not be cut off; as, _abatement, chastisement_. _Ment_, like other terminations, changes _y_ into _i_ when the _y_ is preceded by a consonant; as, _accompany, accompaniment; merry, merriment_. _False Orthography_.--A judicious arrangment of studies facilitates improvment.--Encouragment is greatest when we least need it. To shun allurments is not hard, To minds resolv'd, forwarn'd, and well prepared. RULE IX. When words ending in silent _e_, assume the termination, _able_ or _ible_, the _e_ should generally be cut off; as, _blame, blamable; cure, curable; sense, sensible_. But if _c_ or _g_ soft comes before _e_ in the original word, the _e_ is preserved in words compounded with _able_; as, _peace, peaceable; change, changeable_. _False Orthography_.--Knowledge is desireable.--Misconduct is inexcuseable.--Our natural defects are not chargable upon us.--We are made to be servicable to others as well as to ourselves. |
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