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personification indicates or discriminates no other.
"Where thy true treasure? Gold says, 'Not in _me_; And, 'Not in me,' the diamond. Gold is poor."--Young.
THE DECLENSION OF PRONOUNS.
The declension of a pronoun is a regular arrangement of its numbers and cases.
I. SIMPLE PERSONALS.
The simple personal pronouns are thus declined:--
I, of the FIRST PERSON, any of the genders.[198]
Sing. Nom. I, Plur. Nom. we, Poss. my, or mine,[199] Poss. our, or ours, Obj. me; Obj. us.
THOU, of the SECOND PERSON, any of the genders.
Sing. Nom. thou,[200] Plur. Nom. ye, or you, Poss. thy, or thine, Poss. your, or yours, Obj. thee; Obj. you, or ye.[201]
HE, of the THIRD PERSON, masculine gender.
Sing. Nom. he, Plur. Nom. they, Poss. his, Poss. their, or theirs, Obj. him; Obj. them.
SHE, of the THIRD PERSON, feminine gender.
Sing. Nom. she, Plur. Nom. they, Poss. her, or hers, Poss. their, or theirs, Obj. her; Obj. them.
IT, of the THIRD PERSON, neuter gender.
Sing. Nom, it, Plur. Nom. they, Poss. its, Poss. their, or theirs, Obj. it; Obj. them.
II. COMPOUND PERSONALS.
The word self, added to the simple personal pronouns, forms the class of _compound personal pronouns_; which are used when an action reverts upon the agent, and also when some persons are to be distinguished from others: as, sing, myself, plur. _ourselves_; sing, thyself, plur. _yourselves_; sing, himself, plur. _themselves_; sing, herself, plur. _themselves_; sing, itself, plur. themselves. They all want the possessive case, and are alike in the nominative and objective. Thus:--
MYSELF, of the FIRST PERSON,[202] any of the genders.
Sing. Nom. myself, Plur. Nom. ourselves, Poss.