——take
No stricter render of me—
A. V. S. 3.
——handkerchief
Still waving, as the fits and stirs of’s mind
Could best express—
Cymb. A. I. S. 5.
——Sextus Pompeius
Hath giv’n the dare to Cæsar—
A. C. A. I. S. 3.
4. By using active verbs neutrally,
——He hath fought to-day
As if a god in hate of mankind had
Destroy’d, in such a shape—
A. C. A. IV. S. 6.
It is the bloody business, that informs
Thus to mine eyes—
Macb. A. II. S. 2.
And neutral verbs actively,
——never man
Sigh’d truer breath; but that I see thee here,
Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart
Than when I first my wedded mistress saw
Bestride my threshold—
Cor. A. IV. S. 4.
——like smiling Cupids,
With divers-colour’d fans, whose wind did seem
To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool—
A. C. A. II. S. 3.
5. By converting Adjectives into Substantives.