Rebecca took goodly raiment, and put them on Jacob.
Take handfuls of ashes, and let Moses sprinkle it towards heaven, in
the sight of Pharaoh, and it shall become small dust.
No one should incur censure for being tender of their reputation.
_Note_. Horace, you was blamed; and I think you was worthy of
censure.
Witness, where was you standing during the transaction? How far was
you from the defendant?
RULE XIV.
Relative pronouns agree with their antecedents, in _gender_, _person_,
and _number_; as, "Thou _who lovest_ wisdom;" "I _who speak_ from
experience."
NOTE. When a relative pronoun is preceded by two antecedents of
different persons, the relative and the verb may agree in person
with either, but not without regard to the sense; as, "I am the man
_who command_ you;" or, "I am the man _who commands_ you." The
meaning of the first of these examples will more obviously appear,
if we render it thus: "I who command you, am the _man_."
When the agreement of the relative has been fixed with either of the
preceding antecedents, it must be preserved throughout the sentence;
as, "I am the _Lord, that maketh_ all things; _that stretcheth_
forth the heavens alone; _that spreadeth_ abroad the earth by
myself," &c.
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