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First person

noun

Pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur.

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... of law, spent one of his vacations at the chateau Nahant, and was the first person who turned Madame Dudevant's attention to literary pursuits. He returned to Paris profoundly in love with the lady, though he had not dared to mention it. M. Nerard, a botanist, came also to the chateau, to give ...

— Paris: With Pen and Pencil - Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business • David W. Bartlett

... The first person he met was a farm labourer walking alongside a load of peat and smacking at his horse. He made a bow so deep that his back came near breaking, and he was dumbfounded, I can tell you, when he saw ...

— The Book of Stories for the Storyteller • Fanny E. Coe

... if not sporting. By the way, excuse me for speaking to you the way I did, but it wasn't any time to have a talk. You precious, trusting little idiot, don't you know better than to go off with the first person who comes along?" ...

— The Happy Venture • Edith Ballinger Price

... night—almost straight from the station. The first person I spoke to in London, except ...

— With Edged Tools • Henry Seton Merriman

... affectionate and exemplary wife, and a congenial friend and companion, capable of appreciating his character and attainments. A few days previously to his marriage, he received the honour of knighthood from his Majesty, then Prince Regent, being the first person on ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction--Volume 13 - Index to Vol. 13 • Various

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