All that I am concerned with for the moment is that the grammatical forms "I think," "you think," and "Mr.
Speaking in popular and unphilosophical terms, we may say that the content of a thought is supposed to be something in your head when you think the thought, while the object is usually something in the outer world.
The Analysis of Mind
Dear Mr Clennam, I dare say you think little of having been a friend to me when I had no other (not that I have any other now, for I have made no new friends), but I think much of it, and I never can forget it.
That you will think of me (when you think of me at all), and of my true affection and devoted gratitude, always without change, as of your poor child,
Little Dorrit
Should you think all that pleasant enough if I forgave you?"
"I wanted to ask you, Mary-- don't you think that Mr.
Middlemarch
"Oh, don't you think that's a little TOO strict?" asked Cecily anxiously.
"It might be easy enough to say what you think if you could always be sure just what you DO think," said the Story Girl.
The Golden Road
"Do you think he's done something that we don't know about, and is lying doggo on account of the police?"
How long do you think it'll be before he gets tired of a scrubby room in a scrubby hotel?
Moon and Sixpence
I'm so glad you think there is, Miss Barry." Miss Barry's house was furnished with "great magnificence," as Anne told Marilla afterward.
And I was glad that I felt glad, for it shows I'm improving, don't you think, Marilla, when I can rejoice in Josie's success?
Anne Of Green Gables
"Oh, Philip!" said Maggie, "how can
you think I have such feelings?
The Mill on the Floss
Do
you think the porter and the cook have no anecdotes, no experiences, no wonders for you?
Essays First Series
Don't
you think we had better endure the ills we have than fly to others?"
Tess of the dUrbervilles A Pure Woman