What is the subject of "were"?

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@oristarA,

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Would you like to use another phrase to substitute "delivered of"? So that I can better understand it.

A good dictionary will help you. Here's mine:

DELIVER (2): to free, rid, divest of or from

deliver us from evil
deliver us of envy (but this would be a most unusual phrase to encounter. As I said earlier, it is pretty archaic)

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

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Would you like to use another phrase to substitute "delivered of"? So that I can better understand it.

A good dictionary will help you. Here's mine:

DELIVER (2): to free, rid, divest of or from

deliver us from evil
deliver us of envy (but this would be a most unusual phrase to encounter. As I said earlier, it is pretty archaic)

Cool.
"Deliver us from evil" sounds very natural.

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@maxdancona,

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As an American, your response seemed rather snooty.

any reply of mine might seem snooty. I have rather old-fashioned views.
At least I an not abusive, like JTT of happy memory.

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@oristarA,

Okay.

another:

He "read them the riot act", and having delivered himself of that, he felt much better.

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