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Shelley's speaker as scriptor hovers, in other words, on the very cusp of wording, between an eruptive "O (h)" and the transitional "O-W" on its way to the widened diphthong of "thou."
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It is only then that lexical borders might start giving way to each other, as when Shelley's first summoning juncture faintly anticipates the second-person "thou."
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It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it; but not upon such as thou.
Ivanhoe 2004
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He went very often to the Gerards, but he no longer called his little friends "thou."
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The children accost him without fear, the long-bearded designers, half-workmen, half-artists, shake hands with him as they pass, and address him familiarly as "thou."
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Without being deprived of life a superior is yet said to be killed if that venerable one is addressed as 'thou.'
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The gods grant that my brother -- for I have a brother, though he be far hence -- may be such as thou.
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The gods grant that my brother -- for I have a brother, though he be far hence -- may be such as thou.
Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls Logan [Editor] Marshall
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* Little u over Middle-English thorn, meaning "thou."
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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Heaven hath set the seal of its hatred upon thee, and I may not give countenance to such as thou.
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