False Orthography for the learner to correct.—­Be thou like the gale that moves the gras, to those who ask thy aid.—­The aged hero comes forth on his staf; his gray hair glitters in the beam.—­Shal mortal man be more just than God?—­Few know the value of health til they lose it.—­Our manners should be neither gros, nor excessively refined.

      And that is not the lark, whose notes do beat
      The vaulty heaven so high above our heads: 
      I have more care to stay, than wil to go.

RULE II.  Monosyllables ending in any consonant but f, l, or s, never double the final consonant when it is preceded by a single vowel; as, man, hat.  Exceptions; add, ebb, butt, egg, odd, err, inn, bunn, purr, and buzz.

    False Orthography.—­None ever went sadd from Fingal.—­He rejoiced
    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.

RULE IV.  When words ending in y, assume an additional syllable beginning with a consonant, the y, if it is preceded by a consonant, is commonly changed to i; as, happy, happily, happiness.

But when y is preceded by a vowel, in such instances, it is very rarely changed to i; as, coy, coyless; boy, boyish; boyhood; joy, joyless, joyful.

    False Orthography.—­His mind is uninfluenced by fancyful
    humors.—­The vessel was heavyly laden.—­When we act against
    conscience, we become the destroiers of our own peace.