Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical; / to Which is Added, by Way of Appendix, an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling, With Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject

by Noah Webster

Midsum. Night's Dream, act 1. s. 2.

"If thou beest[111] Stephano, touch me and speak to me;
If thou beest Trinculo, come forth."

Tempest, act 2. s. 3.

"If thou art any thing besides a name."

Cowley's Request.

"For if he lives that hath you doen despight."

Spenser's Fairy Queen, book 2. chap. 1.

"If any one imagines."——Moyle.

"Why did Caligula wish that the people had but one neck, that he might strike it off at a blow, if their welfare was thus reciprocal."——Sidney on Gov. sect. 5.