(_a_) Michael Paw, who _lorded it_ over the fair regions of
ancient Pavonia.--IRVING.

I made up my mind _to foot it_.--HAWTHORNE.

A sturdy lad ... who in turn tries all the professions, who
_teams it, farms it, peddles it_, keeps a school.--EMERSON.

(_b_) "Thy mistress leads thee a dog's life _of it_."--IRVING.

There was nothing _for it_ but to return.--SCOTT.

An editor has only to say "respectfully declined," and there is
an end _of it_.--HOLMES.

Poor Christian was hard put _to it_.--BUNYAN.


[Sidenote: _Reflexive use of the personal pronouns._]

93. The personal pronouns in the objective case are often used
_reflexively_; that is, referring to the same person as the subject of
the accompanying verb. For example, we use such expressions as, "I
found _me_ a good book," "He bought _him_ a horse," etc. This
reflexive use of the _dative_-objective is very common in spoken and
in literary English.

The personal pronouns are not often used reflexively, however, when
they are _direct_ objects. This occurs in poetry, but seldom in prose;
as,--