as
to care nothing for Homer or Milton.
There were plenty _more_ for him to fall in company with, as
_some_ of the rangers had gone astray.
The Soldan, imbued, as _most_ were, with the superstitions of his
time, paused over a horoscope.
If those [taxes] were the only _ones_ we had to pay, we might the
more easily discharge them.
_Much_ might be said on both sides.
If hand of mine _another's_ task has lightened.
It felt the guidance that it does not claim.
So perish _all_ whose breast ne'er learned to glow
For _others_' good, or melt for _others_' woe.
_None_ shall rule but the humble.
[Sidenote: _Some inflected._]
It will be noticed that some of these are inflected for case and
number; such as _one other_, _another_.
The word _one_ has a reflexive form; for example,--
[Sidenote: One _reflexive_.]
The best way to punish _oneself_ for doing ill seems to me to go
and do good.--KINGSLEY.
The lines sound so prettily to _one's self_. HOLMES.
Exercise.--Find sentences containing ten numeral pronouns.
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS.
[Sidenote: _Definition and examples._]
136. Indefinite pronouns are words which stand for an indefinite
number or quantity of persons or things; but, unlike adjective
pronouns, they are never used as adjectives.
Most of them are compounds of two or more words:--
[Sidenote: _List._]
_Somebody_, _some one_, _something_; _anybody_, _any one_ (or
_anyone_), _anything_; _everybody_, _every one_ (or _everyone_),
_everything_; _nobody_, _no one_, _nothing_; _somebody else_, _anyone
else_, _everybody else_, _every one else_, etc.; also _aught_,
_naught_; and _somewhat_, _what_, and _they_.
The following sentences contain indefinite pronouns:--
As he had them of all hues, he hoped to fit _everybody's_ fancy.
_Every one_ knows how laborious the usual method is of attaining
to arts and sciences.
_Nothing_ sheds more honor on our early history than the
impression which these measures everywhere produced in America.
Let us also perform _something_ worthy to be remembered.
William of Orange was more than _anything else_ a religious man.
Frederick was discerned to be a purchaser of _everything_ that
_nobody else_ would buy.
These other souls draw me as _nothing else_ can.
The genius that created it now creates _somewhat el
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