VII. In a Noun Clause
[Sidenote: _Subject._]
228. The noun clause, in its various uses as subject, object, in
apposition, etc., often contains a subjunctive.
The essence of originality is not that it _be_ new.--CARLYLE
[Sidenote: _Apposition or logical subject._]
To appreciate the wild and sharp flavors of those October fruits,
it is necessary that you _be breathing_ the sharp October or
November air.--THOREAU.
[Sidenote: _Complement._]
The first merit, that which admits neither substitute nor
equivalent, is, that everything _be_ in its place.--COLERIDGE.
[Sidenote: _Object._]
As sure as Heaven shall rescue me, I have no thought what men
they _be_.--COLERIDGE.
Some might lament that I _were_ cold.--SHELLEY.
[Sidenote: _After verbs of commanding._]
This subjunctive is very frequent after verbs of _commanding_.
See that there _be_ no traitors in your camp.--TENNYSON.
Come, tell me all that thou hast seen,
And look thou _tell_ me true.
--SCOTT.
See that thy scepter _be_ heavy on his head.--DE QUINCEY.
VIII. Concessive Clauses
229. The concession may be expressed--
(1) In the nature of the verb; for example,--
_Be_ the matter how it may, Gabriel Grub was afflicted with
rheumatism to the end of his days.--DICKENS.
_Be_ the appeal _made_ to the understanding or the heart, the
sentence is the same--that rejects it.--BROUGHAM
(2) By an indefinite relative word, which may be
(_a_) _Pronoun._
Whatever _betide_, we'll turn aside,
And see the Braes of Yarrow.
--WORDSWORTH.
(_b_) _Adjective._
That hunger of applause, of cash, or whatsoever victual it _may
be_, is the ultimate fact of man's life.--CARLYLE.
(_c_) _Adverb._
Wherever he _dream_ under mountain or stream,
The spirit he loves remains.
--SHELLEY.
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