Ourself

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ourselves \Our*selves"\, pron.; sing. {Ourself} (?).
     An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural;
     -- used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the
     predicate, in the nominative or the objective case.
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           We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great
           deal further then we usually do.         --Locke.
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           Safe in ourselves, while on ourselves we stand.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     Note: The form ourself is used only in the regal or formal
           style after we or us, denoting a single person.
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                 Unless we would denude ourself of all force.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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