makes a pretty woman’s heart ache.”—Addison
cor. “Lest by any means this liberty of
yours become a stumbling-block.”—Bible
cor. “First person: Sing. I, my
or mine, me; Plur. we, our or ours, us.”—Wilbur
and Livingston cor. “Second person:
Sing, thou, thy or thine, thee; Plur. ye or
you, your or yours, you.”—Iid.
“Third person: Sing, she, her or hers,
her; Plur. they, their or theirs, them.”—Iid.
“So shall ye serve strangers in a land that is
not yours.”—ALGER, BRUCE,
ET AL.; Jer., v, 19. “Second person,
Singular: Nom. thou, Poss. thy
or thine, Obj. thee.”—Frost
cor. “Second person, Dual; Nom. Gyt,
ye two; Gen. Incer, of you two; Dat. Inc,
incrum, to you two; Acc. Inc, you
two; Voc. Eala inc, O ye two; Abl. Inc,
incrum, from you two.”—Gwilt
cor. “Second person, Plural: Nom.
Ge, ye; Gen. Eower, of you; Dat. Eow,
to you; Acc. Eow, you; Voc Eala
ge, O ye; Abl. Eow, from you.”—Id.
“These words are, mine, thine, his, hers,
ours, yours, theirs, and whose.”—Cardell
cor. “This house is ours, and that
is yours. Theirs is very commodious.”—Murray’s
Gram., p. 55. “And they shall eat up
thy harvest, and thy bread; they shall eat
up thy flocks and thy herds.”—Bible
cor. “Whoever and Whichever
are thus declined: Sing. Nom. whoever, Poss.
whosever, Obj. whomever; Plur. Nom. whoever,
Poss. whosever, Obj. whomever. Sing.
Nom. whichever, Poss. (wanting,) Obj. whichever;
Plur. Nom. whichever, Poss. (wanting,)
Obj. whichever.”—Cooper cor.
“The compound personal pronouns are thus declined:
Sing. Nom. myself, Poss. (wanting,) Obj.
myself; Plur. Nom. ourselves, Poss. (wanting,)
Obj. ourselves. Sing. Nom. thyself or yourself,
Poss. (wanting,) Obj. thyself, &c.”—Perley
cor. “Every one of us, each for himself,
laboured to recover him.”—Sidney
cor. “Unless when ideas of their opposites
manifestly suggest themselves.”—Wright
cor. “It not only exists in time, but is
itself time.” “A position which
the action itself will palpably confute.”—Id.
“A difficulty sometimes presents itself.”—Id.
“They are sometimes explanations in themselves.”—Id.
“Ours, Yours, Theirs, Hers, Its.”—Barrett
cor.
“Theirs, the wild chase
of false felicities;
His, the composed possession
of the true.”
—Young,
N. Th., N. viii, l. 1100.