know that patriotism has its glorious opportunities and its
sacred duties. They have not shunned _the one_, and they have
well performed _the other_.

NOTE.--It will be noticed in the first four sentences that _this_ and
_that_ are inflected for number.

Exercises.

(_a_) Find six sentences using demonstrative adjective pronouns.

(_b_) In which of the following is _these_ a pronoun?--

1. Formerly the duty of a librarian was to keep people as much as
possible from the books, and to hand _these_ over to his
successor as little worn as he could.--LOWELL.

2. They had fewer books, but _these_ were of the best.--_Id._

3. A man inspires affection and honor, because he was not lying
in wait for _these_.--EMERSON

4. Souls such as _these_ treat you as gods would.--_Id._

5. _These_ are the first mountains that broke the uniform level
of the earth's surface.--AGASSIZ

DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS.

[Sidenote: _Definition and examples._]

134. The DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS are those which stand for the names
of persons or things considered singly.

[Sidenote: _Simple._]

Some of these are _simple_ pronouns; for example,--

They stood, or sat, or reclined, as seemed good to _each_.

As two yoke devils sworn to _other's_ purpose.

Their minds accorded into one strain, and made delightful music
which _neither_ could have claimed as all his own.

[Sidenote: _Compound_.]

Two are compound pronouns,--_each other_, _one another_. They may be
separated into two adjective pronouns; as,

We violated our reverence _each_ for _the other's_ soul.
--HAWTHORNE.

More frequently they are considered as one pronoun.

They led one another, as it were, into a high pavilion of their
thoughts.--HAWTHORNE.

Men take each other's measure when they react.--EMERSON.

Exercise.--Find sentences containing three distributive pronouns.

NUMERAL PRONOUNS.

[Sidenote: _Definition and examples_.]

135. The NUMERAL PRONOUNS are those which stand for an uncertain
number or quantity of persons or things.

The following sentences contain numeral pronouns:--

Trusting too much to _others'_ care is the ruin of _many_.

'Tis of no importance how large his house, you quickly come to
the end of _all_.

_Another_ opposes him with sound argument.

It is as if _one_ should be so enthusiastic a lover of poetry