[Sidenote:  Second and third persons.]

(2) With the SECOND AND THIRD PERSONS, shall and should are used,—­

(a) To express authority, in the form of command, promise, or confident prediction.  The following are examples:—­

     Never mind, my lad, whilst I live thou shalt never want a
     friend to stand by thee.—­IRVING.

     They shall have venison to eat, and corn to hoe.—­COOPER.

     The sea shall crush thee; yea, the ponderous wave up the loose
     beach shall grind and scoop thy grave.—­THAXTER.

She should not walk, he said, through the dust and heat of the noonday; Nay, she should ride like a queen, not plod along like a peasant.—­LONGFELLOW.

(b) In indirect quotations, to express the same idea that the original speaker put forth (i.e., future action); for example,—­

     He declares that he shall win the purse from you.—­BULWER.

     She rejects his suit with scorn, but assures him that she shall
     make great use of her power over him.—­MACAULAY.

     Fielding came up more and more bland and smiling, with the
     conviction that he should win in the end.—­A.  LARNED.

     Those who had too presumptuously concluded that they should
     pass without combat were something disconcerted.—­SCOTT.

(c) With direct questions of the second person, when the answer expected would express simple futurity; thus,—­

     “Should you like to go to school at Canterbury?”—­DICKENS.

[Sidenote:  First, second and third persons.]

(3) With ALL THREE PERSONS,—­

(a) Should is used with the meaning of obligation, and is equivalent to ought.

     I never was what I should be.—­H.  JAMES, JR.

     Milton! thou should’st be living at this hour.—­WORDSWORTH.

     He should not flatter himself with the delusion that he can
     make or unmake the reputation of other men.—­WINTER.

(b) Shall and should are both used in dependent clauses of condition, time, purpose, etc.; for example,—­

                         When thy mind
     Shall be a mansion for all stately forms.—­WORDSWORTH.

     Suppose this back-door gossip should be utterly blundering and
     untrue, would any one wonder?—­THACKERAY.

     Jealous lest the sky should have a listener.—­BYRON.

     If thou should’st ever come by chance or choice to
     Modena.—­ROGERS.

     If I should be where I no more can hear thy voice.—­WORDSWORTH.

     That accents and looks so winning should disarm me of my
     resolution, was to be expected.—­C.B.  BROWN.