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The little breathless fragmentary pause which Phoebe made between the you and the "all," giving just a ghost of emphasis to the pronoun, sounded to poor Reginald in his foolishness almost like a caress. How cleverly it was managed, with just so much natural feeling in it as gave it reality! They were approaching No. 6, and Martha, the maid, already was visible at the open door.
She would hardly do that with Sophia. 'Who ever heard of a baby of six months old having a spine complaint? cried Mrs. Ferrars almost angrily. 'I have lost one in that way, he replied. A dead silence ensued, till Winifred, to her great relief, spied the feminine pronoun, but could not fully satisfy Mr.
In European languages, the pronoun shows how clearly the ideas of personality and of individuality have been developed; but in the Japanese language there really are no pronouns, in the sense of the word as used by the Germanic nations, at least, although there are hundreds of impersonal and topographical substitutes for them.
But then the use of the third person when she used Bootea instead of a nominative pronoun might be due to a cultured deference toward a Sahib. "I thought you were not of these people you are of high caste, Bootea," he said presently. He heard the girl gasp, and looking quickly into her eyes saw that they were staring as if in fright.
When the "we" is seen to refer to the brazen-voiced ladies aforesaid, and a few of the opposite sex who appear to have changed natures with the gentle ones they champion, that plural pronoun is the reverse of imposing, but the "we" of Praxagora introduced an element of awe, if only on the omne ignotum pro magnifico principle.
" Oh, I am so happy, daddy! Of course he could not be long in making his conclusion. The one who could give such joy to Marjory was the one who, last night, gave her such grief. The professor was only a moment in understanding. He laid his hand tenderly upon her head " Bless my soul," he murmured. "And so-and so-he-" At the personal pronoun, Mrs. Wainwright lum- bered frantically to her feet.
Ye're easy angered yourself; ye might as easy anger another, almost without knowing it; and if he or she was to go ye didn't know where, or perhaps die, be sure ye would blame yourself without heeding their blame." Bates's voice was trembling. The solemnity of his mien and the feminine pronoun he had let slip revealed to Trenholme the direction his thoughts had taken.
The first word and its pronoun are generic, collective; the other is restricted to the male. This is the same in Hebrew. To accept and observe a distinction which God has not intended in creation is ignorance and superstition.... It is my hope that the banner of equality may be raised throughout the five continents where as yet it is not fully recognized and established.
And, from his time to the present, the pronoun thou has come down so prominent in the speech of the society, that a Quaker is generally known by it at the present day.
"Well, I'm not," retorted the girl, laying special stress on the pronoun. "I've seen too much of this game to have my head turned by a little luck." Gregory overlooked the implication and admitted soberly: "Yes, we sure have had luck. There's no denying that. I never had any idea the boys would take to the game the way they have."
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