The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1873-12-06
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husband in terms Of kindness, or as en-
forcing a serious charge

husband in terms Of kindness. or as en-
forcing a serious charge;
Come, wilt thou see me ride?
And when am a horse back, will swear,
l love thee infinitely.
Now note the change to you, as he
passes to the serious sentiment
But bark you, Kate;
Imust not have y0u henceforth question me;
This evening must leave non, gentle Kate.
know goa wise; but yet no further wise
Than Harry Percy wife; constant yOu are,
Butyet wonnn; and for secrecy
No lady closer.
Then as the affection for his wife re-
turns, he changes back to thou
For will believe
Thou Will not utter what thou dost not
know;
And so far will trust thee, gentle Kate.
The same change is noticeable in pas
sage from the Merchant of Venice
where Bassanio Is engaged in cold con-
versatiOn with Gratiano, the prOnOun
you is used but the moment Bassano
draws nearer and assumes the character
of friendly lecturer, a change is made
to thou
Graz have u suit for you.
Bass.--iou have obtained 1t.
Gm-fOu must not deny me; i must go
with you to Belmont.
Bass.-,Why then you must. But hear thee,
Gratiano:
Thou art too Wild too rude and bold of
voice.
Yet the same word thou, when used
towards strangers, who were not infer
ior, was looked upon as an insult You
was the pronoun of respect. When Sir
Andrew Aquecheek is about writing
ol, lInx N.,lI l.s
en,e.to his antagonist: "If thou thouest
him sometimes, it shall not be amiss." E"
In Measure for Measure when the Duke
passes from ironical politeness to open
| contempt, he changes you for thou:
Sir, by your leave,
Hast thou or word. or wit, or impudence,
That now can do thee office?
At the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh,
Coke, when argument and evidence
failed him, insulted the defendant by
applying to him the term thou. He
cried "All that Lord Gotham did was
at thy instigation, thou viper for 1
thou thee, thou traitor Many other
passages might be cited to illustrate this
peculiar use of the words, but 1t will
suffice that the attention has been turn
ed to it. At the present time, thou and
thee are yet retained by the Quakers-
with them, you Is To Roman, TO cold,
too distant, While thou and thee are
badges Of respect and affection. And
with ourselves the thou is retained as
the word of majesty in addressing God.
Thou art God, and there is none be-
slue thee' IL would fall on the ear
IKE piaspnemy 10 nave one reVerentiy
look up 10 Almighty Sod ana say: 'fou
aie uod, ana there Is none peside you.
mus on tiis iaihiiiar anu Interesting
suDlect' we nave not mucn more than
thrown out some hihtS' Much might
be SAID on the history, formatlon ana
changes OF ne, tnehl, her ahu speclaiiy
OF u.s. iet we nave saiu enough 10 IL
iustrate the remark, Ihat we need not
want Tor materials OF study. Ihey are
thrown around us III the most Dountltui
profusion' Inere are riches IN our
comlnohest words ana iuioms Oh speech
we neea no costiy appiances' no iaoo-
ratory and apparatus ior THESE results
results Just as VaiuiDie anu 1uii OF IN
terest as those won oy the more impos-
ing processes OF the cnemlst ana the as
tronomer' we are satished Win merely
IKE the present, because sucn sugges-
tions are sometimes more fruitful than
the presentation OF solid, paipaoie re-
suits. rms regard one oil the great
dement's 70 De derived from such educa-
tlonal conventions. we not only gather
something new, some fresh thought,
some new method OF presenting sub
)ect, out we get new Impulse In our
Work. we prize any thing that lifts US
up out OF the drudgery and sends us to
work, not as lifting like slave dead
weight put with spilnS and elasticity
that makes our work Joy and help
20 us. Those are not the best books
ana the pest speeches which put us In
the readiest possession of hard facts,
but those do us the greatest good which
quicken and stir our mental powers.
Prof: Lowill, In making kind of apollo
for the obscenity of Emerson, says; "lt
is wholesome to angle in these profound
pools, though one be rewarded with
nothing more than the leap of u fish
that flashes his freckled side in the sun,
and 40 sudianlxy ahScnndS In tha dank