(5) As an impersonal or indefinite object of a verb or a preposition; as in the following sentences:—
(a) Michael Paw, who lorded it over the fair regions of ancient Pavonia.—Irving.
I made up my mind to foot it.—Hawthorne.
A sturdy lad ... who in turn tries all the professions, who teams it, farms it, peddles it, keeps a school.—Emerson.
(b) "Thy mistress leads thee a dog's life of it."—Irving.
There was nothing for it but to return.—Scott.
An editor has only to say "respectfully declined," and there is an end of it.—Holmes.
Poor Christian was hard put to it.—Bunyan.
Reflexive use of the personal pronouns.
93. The personal pronouns in the objective case are often used reflexively; that is, referring to the same person as the subject of the accompanying verb. For example, we use such expressions as, "I found me a good book," "He bought him a horse," etc. This reflexive use of the dative-objective is very common in spoken and in literary English.