I give _thee_ this to wear at the collar.--SCOTT


[Sidenote: _Other uses of the objective._]

90. Besides this use of the objective, there are others:--

(1) _As the direct object of a verb._

They all handled _it_.--LAMB

(2) _As the object of a preposition._

Time is behind _them_ and before _them_.--CARLYLE.

(3) _In apposition._

She sate all last summer by the bedside of the blind beggar,
_him_ that so often and so gladly I talked with.--DE QUINCEY.



SPECIAL USES OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS.


[Sidenote: _Indefinite use of_ you _and_ your.]

91. The word _you_, and its possessive case _yours_ are sometimes
used without reference to a particular person spoken to. They approach
the indefinite pronoun in use.