Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness,
     reap the same.

     They 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.