PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. His, her, your, &c., antecedents of relatives
His, her, &c. being the genitives of he, she (she in E. E. had, as one form of the nom., "heo," gen. "hire"), &c. may stand as the antecedent of a relative. Thus:i.e. "in the way of him that comes."“In his way that comes in triumph over Pompey's blood.
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“Love make his heart of flint that you shall love.
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“Unless her prayers whom heaven delights to hear.
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“If you had known . . . her worthiness that gave the ring.
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i.e. "the children of you who lift your hands."“Armies of pestilence, and they shall strike
Your children yet unborn and unbegot
That lift your vassal hands against my head.
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So Lear, v. 3. 2.“Upon their woes whom fortune captivates.
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In“And turn our impress'd lances in our eyes
Which do command them.
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it seems better to take that as the relative to "them," implied in "their (of them)," rather than to suppose "suffer" to be the subjunctive singular (367), or that to be the relative to "liver" and "palate" by confusion. It is true that is not often so far from its antecedent, but the second line may be treated as parenthetical. This is perhaps not common in modern poetry, but it sometimes occurs: “Poor is our sacrifice whose eyes“Alas, their love may be call'd appetite,
No motion of the liver, but the palate,
That suffer surfeit, cloyment and revolt,
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Are lighted from above.” NEWMAN.