'st_ be living at this hour.--WORDSWORTH.

He _should_ not flatter himself with the delusion that he can
make or unmake the reputation of other men.--WINTER.

(_b_) _Shall_ and _should_ are both used in _dependent clauses_ of
condition, time, purpose, etc.; for example,--

When thy mind
_Shall_ be a mansion for all stately forms.--WORDSWORTH.

Suppose this back-door gossip _should_ be utterly blundering and
untrue, would any one wonder?--THACKERAY.

Jealous lest the sky _should_ have a listener.--BYRON.

If thou _should'st_ ever come by chance or choice to
Modena.--ROGERS.

If I _should_ be where I no more can hear thy voice.--WORDSWORTH.

That accents and looks so winning _should_ disarm me of my
resolution, was to be expected.--C.B. BROWN.

253. Will and would are used as follows:--

[Sidenote: _Authority as to future action--first person._]

(1) With the FIRST PERSON, _will_ and _would_ are used to express
determination as to the future, or a promise; as, for example,--

I _will_ go myself now, and _will_ not return until all is
finished.--CABLE.

And promised...that I _would_ do him justice, as the sole
inventor.--SWIFT.

[Sidenote: _Disguising a command._]

(2) With the SECOND PERSON, _will_ is used to express command. This
puts the order more mildly, as if it were merely expected action;
as,--

Thou _wilt_ take the skiff, Roland, and two of my people,... and
fetch off certain plate and belongings.--SCOTT.

You _will_ proceed to Manassas at as early a moment as
practicable, and mark on the grounds the works, etc.--_War
Records._

[Sidenote: _Mere futurity._]

(3) With both SECOND AND THIRD PERSONS, _will_ and _would_ are used to
express simple futurity, action merely expected to occur; for
example,--

All this _will_ sound wild and chimerical.--BURKE.

She _would_ tell you that punishment is the reward of the
wicked.--LANDOR.

When I am in town, _you'll_ always have somebody to sit with you.
To be sure, so you _will_.--DICKENS.

(4) With FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PERSONS, _would_ is used to express
a _wish_,--the original meaning of the word _will_; for example,--

[Sidenote: _Subject_ I _omitted: often so._]

_Would_ that a momentary emanation from thy glory would visit
me!--C.B. BROWN.

Thine was a dangerous gift, w