The following are some examples of these:—­

     Some say that the place was bewitched.—­IRVING.

      That mysterious realm where each shall take
     His chamber in the silent halls of death. 
     —­BRYANT.

     How happy is he born or taught
      That serveth not another’s will. 
     —­WOTTON

     That is more than any martyr can stand.—­EMERSON.

[Sidenote:  Caution.]

[Sidenote:  Adjectives, not pronouns.]

Hence these words are like adjectives used as nouns, which we have seen in such expressions as, “The dead are there;” that is, a word, in order to be an adjective pronoun, must not modify any word, expressed or understood.  It must come under the requirement of pronouns, and stand for a noun.  For instance, in the following sentences—­“The cubes are of stainless ivory, and on each is written, in letters of gold, ‘Truth;’” “You needs must play such pranks as these;” “They will always have one bank to sun themselves upon, and another to get cool under;” “Where two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind”—­the words italicized modify nouns understood, necessarily thought of:  thus, in the first, “each cube;” in the second, “these pranks,” in the others, “another bank,” “one man.”

[Sidenote:  Classes of adjective pronouns.]

132.  Adjective pronouns are divided into three classes:—­

(1) DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS, such as this, that, the former, etc.

(2) DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS, such as each, either, neither, etc.

(3) NUMERAL PRONOUNS, as some, any, few, many, none, all, etc.

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.

[Sidenote:  Definition and examples.]

133.  A DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN is one that definitely points out what persons or things are alluded to in the sentence.

The person or thing alluded to by the demonstrative may be in another sentence, or may be the whole of a sentence.  For example, “Be that as it may” could refer to a sentiment in a sentence, or an argument in a paragraph; but the demonstrative clearly points to that thing.

The following are examples of demonstratives:—­

     I did not say this in so many words.

     All these he saw; but what he fain had seen He could not see.

     Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil.

     How much we forgive in those who yield us the rare spectacle of
     heroic manners!

     The correspondence of Bonaparte with his brother Joseph, when
     the latter was the King of Spain.

     Such are a few isolated instances, accidentally preserved.