Fain I would tell, but whisper it in my ear,
That none besides might hear, nay, not myself.
--_Earl of Essex_.

In a fourth, honours him:

I honour Rome,
And honour too myself. --_Sophonisba_.

In a fifth, at variance with him:

Leave me not thus at variance with myself. --_Busiris_.

Again, in a sixth:

I find myself divided from myself. --_Medea_.

She seemed the sad effigies of herself. --_Banks_.

Assist me, Zulema, if thou would'st be
The friend thou seem'st, assist me against me.
--_Albion Queens_.

From all which it appears that there are two selfs; and therefore Tom
Thumb's losing himself is no such solecism as it hath been represented
by men rather ambitious of criticising than qualified to criticise.
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