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1630 a something of some few dimensions, a span-long,
and yet this is but a tanquam nihil Humphrey Sydenham The Royall Passing-Bell 2738

1655 The one made as rare a something, of nothing, as ever I heard.
Well may these plashes of water Richard Younge The People’s Impartial, and Compassionate Monitor

1696 she is at least aliquid ipsius, a something of that
that very same, tho not the same it self Owen Feltham Resolves : Divine, Moral, Political

1726 but Art’s too mean a Name,
’t must be a Something of superior Frame. Daniel Defoe On the Deaf and Dumb being taught to Speak

1726 a sneer, a something of a witty stroke of contempt. It happened Fulke Greville Maxims, Characters, and Reflections

1760 [A.] something of acknowledged and received authority; well attested John Marchant A new complete English Dictionary

1760 MOMENTAˊNEOUS or MOˊMENTARY (A.) something of very Thomas Dyche A new general English dictionary; Peculiarly calculated &c., &c. 2752

1792 with a something of additional colour Mrs. Gunning Anecdotes of the Delborough Family 2737

1793 a something of the mule kind betwixt God and man. An Archaeological Dictionary; or, Classical Antiquities of the Jews, Greeks, and Romans

1794 a something of absurdity An Historical Miscellany of the Curiosities & Rarities in Nature & Art 2738

1794 a something of constraint and confusion in many passages Mrs. Gunning Memoirs of Mary, A Novel 2733

1796 a something of which running water Mr. Marshall, on “Roads” Rural Economy of the Midland Counties 2738

1799 In all its uses it commonly implies something of a bad quality Samuel Johnson A Dictionary of the English Language (OCR error)

1807 aware of a something of the same nature, since Literary Panorama Considerations upon the Trade with India

1808 in new series of invention. Yet a something of consistency Francis Lathom The Fatal Vow; or, St. Michael’s Monastery 2762

1808 a something of diffuseness and protraction Malcolm Laing The History of Scotland, review of his 2748

1814 a something of the same nature whenever
Here was again a something of the same Jane Austen Mansfield Park

1814 but also a something of personal malice. It is unworthy regarding Robert Southey The Analectic Magazine

1815 still a something of the day Byron Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage 2738

1816 nor grouped according to their contents : so that a something of wholeness and connection seems wanting Benjamin Heyne Tracts, Historical and Statistical, on India, review of

1816 a something of resentment
and never without a something of pleasing connection Jane Austen Emma

1817 there is a something of hospitality Morris Birkbeck Notes on a Journey in America

1817 an air of reproof in this remark; a something of asperity, that Cornelia could not understand Miss Jane Porter The Pastor’s Fire-Side

1818 a something of solicitude remained, from which sprang the following question, thoroughly artless in itself, though rather distressing to the gentleman Jane Austen Northanger Abbey

1818 A something of languid indifference, or of that boasted absence of mind Jane Austen Northanger Abbey

1818 a quicker step behind, a something of familiar sound Jane Austen Persuasion 2738

1819 she seems quite at home in songs that hold a middle place between the ballad and the scientific
a something of distrust and overniceness in it; but this may wear off “The Theatrical Examiner, No. 376,” performances at Covent Garden, in The Examiner 2760

1820 do you mean a something of... do you mean a sort of inward light? Letter II to Mr. Canning Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register

1821 and a something of interest Mrs Kelly (Isabella?) The Fatalists; or, Records of 1814 and 1815. A Novel. 2762

1822 over the whole surface of his composition a something of review of [The Rev. H. H.] Milman’s The Martyr of Antioch, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine

1822 of mind; and a something of Charles Symmons The Life of John Milton

1823 I have, it is true, in all the instances I have yet brought, adduced examples connected with words, and consequently with definite ideas.
which anticipates in these sounds a something of moment to come On the philosophy of musical composition, No. 6. in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review 2760

1824 and that a something of deception “Observations on the Modern Drama” in The Literary Magnet 2749

1824 without a something of a certain kind, nothing of a Christian Friend to Truth The Theological Reasoner, or The mysteries of Divinity Explained

1825 a something of more tenderness Cecilia Caddell Massenburg. A tale

1825 but there is a something of a heat of mind, or an irritation A Digest of the Evidence in the Second Report of the Select Committee on the State of Ireland 2749

1825 a certain softness, a something of easy satisfaction Miss C. E. Cary Memoirs of, (Written by Herself)

1826 a very dexterous kind of doctrine — a something of a special plea Speech by Mr. Tierney, re: the “Paper Currency and Commercial Distress” in Parliamentary History and Review

1826 a something of melancholy foreboding
her beautiful but hectic bloom — “The Sisters. — A Sketch.” La Belle Assemblée 2742

1826 a something, of the essence of which we know nothing
a something, of the essence of which we are entirely ignorant Thomas Brown Account of the Life and Writings of

1828 a something of solemnity, which, while Inquiry into the Right or Justice of the Punishment of Death, in The Oriental Herald

1828 and that curative agency is resolvable into a something of change David Uwins A Treatise on those Diseases which Are Either Directly or Indirectly Connected with Indigestion 2738

1829 happy production, a something of this truth was discernible Edward Bulwer Lytton review of Devereux in The Westminster Review

1829 wants what is much easier to feel, than describe, a something of order and the result of cultivated perceptions Timothy Flint “A Tour” in The Western Monthly Review

1830 that I could extract a something, of my tragic, at least Byron entry for January 28, 1821, in Letters and Journals of 2762

1830 but there is a something of obscurity in the arrangement, which Gabriel Surenne The Pocket French Grammatical and Critical Dictionary, review of his

1830 A something of care, and a something less taxes W. J. Freeman “Something.” An Original Comic Song...

1831 and a something of self in all their speculations Byron letter dated November 10, 1822 2762

1831 a something of which
a something of which, as of time, in a dreamless sleep Thomas Hope Essay on the Origin & Prospects of Man 2728

1831 a something of which he connects Thomas Hope An Essay on the Origin and Prospects of Man

1831 tar, a something of light heart — “The Foundling of Liverpool,” in The Ladies’ Museum 2738

1832 and a something of gloom Mrs. Hemans “Nature’s Farewell,” in The Poetical Works of

1832 with grave politeness, and with a something of displeasure lurking Miss Macleod Geraldine Hamilton; or, Self-guidance. A Tale

1834 there was a troubled pleasure in her air; a something of regret Mary Russell Mitford (doubtful) The Rival Sisters; With other poems

1834 and sweet (though with a something of severe) Edward Bulwer Lytton his The Pilgrims of the Rhine, review of in The American Monthly Magazine

1834 romance, a something of Maria Edgeworth her Helen — A Tale, review of in The American Monthly Magazine

1834 a something of that restlessness, which looks forward to the endurance even of pain “Passages from the Life of Mary Stuart,” The American Monthly Magazine 2738

1834 A something of the heaven’s own light,
Which words could never speak. “Linus” “The Ruin” in The American Monthly Magazine 2738

1834 a something of more than common interest, of even awful in the very sound of “The West” Mark Bancroft (William Darby) “Mark Lee’s Narrative” in Atkinson’s Casket 2749

1835 even the library was so selected; a something of ethereal delicacy Mrs. Kentish The Maid of the Village ; Or, The Farmer’s Daughter of the Woodlands. 2768

1836 a something of bitterness felt and expressed Charlotte Bury The Devoted

1836 (attending to this only) to conclude a something of six feet C. Smart, translator The works of Horace 2760

1836 have always lost a something of their freshness Captain Moyle Sherer Military Memoirs of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington

1836 that with every portion of error there is mixed a something of truth. During my collegiate course, therefore, I adopted a system of reading, which Rev. J. Taylor speech of, in The Bible Christian

1836 of purpose, but the face wants a something of the intelligence and expansive views William Hazlitt “The Vatican,” in Literary Remains of

1836 and a something of attraction in the prospect of one more bachelor spring at a London hotel Mrs. Gore Mrs. Armytage; or, Female domination 2747

1838 gave a something of reality to their pretensions, which softened if it could not altogether remove the ridicule Mrs. Trollope A romance of Vienna 2749

1838 With a something of joy and a something of care Frederick W. Mant “The Rubi, A Tale of the Sea” in The Dublin University Magazine

1838 a something of a darkish appearance presented itself; a clap of thunder, which soon died away Denis Cronin An Essay on the Causes, Nature, and Treatment of Deafness

1838 It may be, still a something of the day,
When they were braided Mrs. Kentish The Gipsy Family ; Or, The Elfin Boy. An Original and Highly Interesting Tale. 2768

1839 a something of the undying mind, the kakoetheia scribendi, the non monis moriar William H. Prescott History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, review of in The Quarterly Review

1839 a something of personal feeling G. B. (Gracilla Boddington) St. Paul’s first Epistle to the Corinthians explained in simple and familiar language

1839 something of melancholy, too, on his countenance J. R. W. Lomas The Duel in High Life: or, De La Macy and Emily Clifforde

1839 Then the lowering fog was together brought,
And into a something of shape was wrought “The Quaking Bog; A very awful and antique ballad,”

1839 and this mysterious event begins to have a something of reality in its conclusion; Heloise was half ready to recognise her aerial being Mrs. Kentish The Gipsy Daughter; Or, The Noble Orphan 2768

1841 a something of a paralytic attack seemed to remind Mrs Gore Cecil: Or, The Adventures of a Coxcomb 2747

1841 in the expression of the dark blue eyes, a something of care and anxiety never observed before Mrs Williams (Catherine) The Neutral French; Or, The Exiles of Nova Scotia

1842 but Fanny Wilding’s eyes, for black ones, were not disagreeable; there was a something of expression Theodore Hook The Man of Sorrow; A Novel

1842 still they show
A something of resemblance as when seen
For the first moment James Henry Burke Days in the East. A Poem

1843 a something of melancholy, which betokened the habitual sadness of his thoughts, but mixed with no shade Tommaso Grossi Marco Visconti, translation in The Literary Garland

1843 a something of stiffness and inutility to censure there, and a something of aptness, grace, and convenience to applaud William Taylor A Memoir of the Life and Writings of, in The Quarterly Review

1843 for there was a novelish sound in the first name, a something of Miss Owenson or Mrs. Opie Mrs Gore The Money-Lender 2747

1844 bearing in his hand a something of very mysterious ugliness of form Mrs Trollope “The Butt” in The New Monthly Magazine [and Humorist] 2752

1845 the face of the earth, hath about it a something of melancholy interest; hence Thomas Richard Whitney The Ambuscade : An Historical Poem (notes to Part III)

1845 I calculate there’s a something of a string-halt in the bargain... I need hardly say Mrs. Houstoun Texas and the Gulf of Mexico; or, Yachting in the New World 2762

1845 There stood the mansion, with its extent of deepest groves, possessing a something of almost ostentatious grandeur.
It was very large, that house, built in a sort of corrupt half-eastern, half-mediaeval style... Anne Marsh-Caldwell Aubrey

1846 I traced, or fancied I could trace in its tiny features some vestige of the Brookes countenance — a something of Harriet Mrs Gore Men of Capital. 2747

1847 a something of religion born with them John Calvin (James Anderson, trans.) Commentary on The Book of Psalms

1847 A something of indifference, more John T. Watson, M.D A Dictionary of Poetical Quotations

1847 in her own feelings. There was a something, of solemnity and holiness Mrs Trollope Father Eustace : A Tale of the Jesuits

1847 a something of poetry in it when looked at geologically; a vastness of antiquity Dr. Vaughan on Geology and the Bible, in The Christian Reformer; or, Unitarian Magazine and Review

1847 a something of pain, a thick and swelling sigh, fraught Charles Whitehead Smiles and Tears; or, the Romance of Life

1849 catching from its look a something of religion, and sometimes, not
An ark of bulrushes fetched from among the flags of the Nile William Mountford Euthanasy : Or, Happy Talk Towards the End of Life

1849 a something of incongruity Mrs. Trollope The Lottery of Marriage

1849 a something of every known science... an orrery, an electrifying machine, a turning lathe, a theater (in the wash-house), a chemical apparatus, and, what he called a select library William Makepeace Thackeray Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero

1849 It seemed to unfold to me a something of the purpose and aim of life, of which I had been till then ignorant. Miss Lamont (Martha Macdonald) The Fortunes of Woman : Memoirs 2762

1850 a something of reverence Mrs. Trollope Petticoat Government

1850 as a something of very secondary moment; and grievous it is, at all times, to see Rev. Thomas Dykes his Memoir, review of in The Church of England Quarterly Review 2752

1851 a something of love mingling with both Anne Marsh-Caldwell Ravenscliffe.

1851 as though a something of the past seemed fully to engage your mind J. St. Clement “My Walk to ‘The Office’”, Eliza Cook’s Journal 2838

1851 with a something of tender retrospection in his tone Mrs. Hubback (Catherine Anne) The wife’s sister ; or, The Forbidden Marriage

1852 a something of solemnity from the long, long past William Mountford Thorpe : A Quiet English Town, and Human Life Therein

1852 even when seemingly most arid, a something of refreshing moisture Acheta Domestica Episodes of Insect Life

1852 a something of the feeling which leads Miss Crumpe Death-Flag: or, The Irish Buccaneers

1853 winning us by their smiles from giving permanent and soul-engrossing attention to the commonalities, although necessities, of commercial speculation, to feel a something of their influence James Henry Powell The Poetry of Feeling and the Poetry of Diction, A Lecture...

1854 a something of regret in her voice, as if another thought was in her mind Emily Ponsonby Edward Willoughby : A Tale

1854 his thoughts, however, were far, far away...
there were moments of late, when a something of doubt would arise Mary Alicia Taylor Clouds and Sunshine; or, Truth and Error

1854 the vessel, a something of one mast.
my something of a sick body. Lorrin Andrews Grammar of the Hawaiian Language

1856 of a rough manufacture; a something of blue extract from Border Lands of Spain and France. With an account of a visit to the Republic of Andorre, in The Dublin University Magazine 2760

1857 a something of light growing darker peculiar “Editor’s Easy Talk,” followed by verse (“The Twilight Hour.” By Sans Souci) in Graham’s American Monthly Magazine 2742

1857 Ewigkeit; a something of which there will be no end A Dictionary of the English and German, and the German and English Language. Cheaper Edition.

1857 But my mother looked sad and weary... There was a something of distance in the air of abstraction which pervaded her. Andrew Jackson Davis The Magic Staff : An Autobiography of 2742

1858 There was always a something of mystery about
I shall certainly fall to picking something to pieces, or cutting up something which I ought not. Mrs. Hubback The Stage and the Company

1860 a something of that resolution and firmness Mrs. Smythies (Harriet) Hope Evermore; or, Something to Do

1860 there was something in the expression, a something of; and so depraved ! Emerson Bennett The Traitor; or, The Fate of Ambition

1860 and found a (something) of water, and threw it, and it became a loch of fresh water J. F. Campbell The Battle of the Birds, in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Orally Collected 2733

1862 a something of life and spirit. I cannot follow you here. “Volunteers against Patriotism,” in The Free Press (London; "Journal of the Foreign Affairs Committees")

1862 a something of less perfection might have increased Philip Cresswell A Loss Gained.

1862 something of a gnome William Cox Bennett “Our Fairies,” in his Poems

1863 a something of distance and division between them that she could by no means pass, what remained but to sit down quietly with this tangled skein of her own spinning unknown “Meave, Schoolmistress,” in Harper’s Weekly 2742

1864 a something of the subject gleamed across me, and a study of the situation Henry Phillips Musical and Personal Recollections During Half a Century

1865 a something of rapture in that earlier dream
a something that had betrayed a tremor in her thoughts
a something of romance during those days Anthony Trollope Can You Forgive Her? (three passages)

1865 as a something of the past, and as quite behind “All Agog” by G. G., on music program at meeting of the Architectural Association, in The Building News and Engineering Journal

1865 midway on clumsy pillars, assumes a something of lightness and spring, very refreshing William Gifford Palgrave Narrative of a Year’s Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63) 2760

1866 there was not only a cordial frankness about it, but a something of sympathy, conveyed with marvellous tact James Payn Mirk Abbey

1867 a something of doubtful futurity Anthony Trollope Nina Balatka : The Story of a Maiden of Prague

1867 a something of unexpressed and inexpressible relief Anthony Trollope “Is She Mad?” in The Claverings

1867 a something of Alice Craven in every feature; a something of the Moggie left in her still; a something of the same Anne Marsh-Caldwell
Mrs. Eiloart [several instances, in omnibus volume catalogued under Elizabeth Eiloart]

1868 an antecedent something, and a something of some special nature, to be
There is, then, a primitive element of mind, as well as a primitive element of matter. Rev. F. Nowill-Webster Inaugural Essay on Instinct

1868 a something of distance in the relations; that the silence, the fits of absence, and the almost brusqueries Mrs. Houstoun (Matilda Charlotte) Sink Or Swim? : A Novel 2760

1868 the shadow of a something of which the reality was never to live, never to be known to them Rebecca Harding Davis Dallas Galbraith

1869 has still a something of earth, a something of selfishness, adhering to it, from which we need a constant effort, an unceasing watchfulness, to free ourselves Correspondence from “R. L. C.” in Charlotte Mary Yonge, ed.,
The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church

1869 There was, she thought, a something of hauteur; yet it might be no more than what is honoured as “true dignity of mind.” unknown Miss Langley’s Will : A Tale

1869 but which attract by a something enigmatical, a something of a disagreement, or of a double character in the expression Mrs. C. Jenkin Madame de Beaupré

1870 a something of life. a speck only; this something about OCR confusion Scientific American 2738

1870 and if a something of melancholy did tinge his life, it gave a charm to it and to himself, subduing fiercer fervour John Pomeroy (Anne Denn Pollard) A Double Secret and Golden Pippin

1870 with one little touch say a something of Leslie Gore Annie Jennings : A Novel 2747

1872 a something of wrong Mrs. Henry B. Paull, “The Fate of Beethoven’s Sonata,” in The Greatest is Charity : A Series of Eight Stories on the Attributes of Charity

1874 a something of sense analogous to the difficulty we find in realizing in winter that it will ever be warm again, and vice versâ (Monsignor) James Laird Patterson
“Exiled Popes,” in The Contemporary Review

1875 and turned with a something of shame from the costly range Emma C. C. Steinman The Old House at Alding. A Novel

1875 a something of indescribable horror all its own. I have stood and gazed John Duncan Craig Real Pictures of Clerical Life in Ireland

1876 But yet, now and then a mere word, or look, would contradict this fair promise, a something of hardness Elizabeth Wetherell (Susan Bogert Warner) Queechy

1878 Or was it not rather that a something of which they were both conscious, and that had lain concealed;
as an apparently dead dry stick in Eastern lands Mrs. Day A Chequered Life 2762

1879 a something of red-tapeism; but all is plain sailing, compared;
Poor Cairo had spent a seedy autumn Richard F(rancis). Burton The Land of Midian (revisited)

1880 a something of dark lace, the edges whereof fell to her waist — the merest pretence D(avid). Christie Murray A Life’s Atonement 2742

1880 or a something of Nothing, as far in a direct line from us here as we can author unknown
Some elementary remarks regarding sensation and perception, and A Physical Hypothesis following thereon, and some remarks on space

1882 with a something of sense in my head, and a pound or two laid by Mrs. J. H. Riddell (Charlotte) The Senior Partner : A Novel

1883 and while superstitions are fast becoming a something of the past...
But enough of these absurdities;
How we raised the wind “Matrimonial Superstitions” (and title of following piece), in Tit-bits, Geo. Newnes, ed. 2749

1883 not ] a something of shame, while we behold / mere play upon the surface of things OCR cross-column misconstrual at “On the Study of Words” by Richard Chenevix French, in The World’s Cyclopedia of Science

1886 a something of more moment than any- traiture of OCR confusion, at reviews of a volume by John Ruskin, and of Maria W. Jones her A Quaker Love Story and Other Poems, in The University (Chicago)

1887 a something of contempt and blame. Was it but Mrs. Mary Hulett Young Forest Leaves and Three; Or, Genevra’s Tower

1887 a something of a change “Notes from the Park” (by “H”), in Forest and Stream

1888 a something of renewed brightness Philip Gaskell A Lion Among the Ladies

1889 If there is in this a something of melancholy, it is the melancholy of dream-land, thin and bloodless. Nature always has her compensations; strength is necessary for suffering; and the poorer the life, the richer its exemptions.
So it was with Errington. Rev. Albert Eubule Evans The Outcasts : Being Certain Strange Passages in the Life of a Clergyman

1889 and read the deflection a of the galvanometer... a deflection a, something between H. N. Chute Elementary Practical Physics : A Guide for the Physical Laboratory

1890 on literature or something of that kind Anthony Hope The Dolly Dialogues 2738

1890 Yet there was sadness, too, a something of shame and of pride Thomas Heney
“Found Dead,” In Middle Harbour and Other Verse, Chiefly Australian

1891 a something of immutable reserve; a curious diction of the atmosphere V. Cecil Cotes Two Girls on a Barge 2760

1892 a something of race, character, training and influences answered to. Deas Cromarty
Mrs. Robert A. Watson Scottish Ministerial Miniatures

1893 merely to think on the subject sometimes had the effect of bringing a shadow, a something of melancholy, over my mind, the temper which is fatal to investigation, causing “all things to droop and languish.” W. H. Hudson Idle Days in Patagonia 2756

1894 in quo etiam erat aliquis quaestus; in which lay a something of gain Richard Horton Smith Conditional Sentences in Greek and Latin 2762

1895 a something of moment distressing — “Shirt Notes,” The Clothier and Furnisher

1895 a something of the engraved look; a Something of which one rarely tired Deas Cromarty
Mrs. Robert A. Watson Under God’s Sky : The Story of a Cleft in Marland

1897 a something of character; ‘nullius jurare in verba magistri’ Edgar Montagu,
“Shrewsbury School in the ’Thirties; A Retrospect by an Old Salopian,” in Shropshire Notes and Queries

1897 In all cases the colour of the walls; and still with a something of mellowness. There is a combination of Rosamund Marriott Watson The Art of the House

1897 a something of celestial inspiration Victor Hugo; I. G. Burnham, trans. Marion de Lorme (1829)

1898 Next you’ll be making it out as we’re nought but a something of nothing. W. Edwards Tirebuck Meg of the Scarlet Foot 2749

1899 a something of more solid worth attached to them R. Gibson (Delaware) The Cattle Industry of Canada, in The Stockbreeder’s Magazine

1899 as fluidity resides in water; a something of nothing Vihári-lála Mitra (trans) The Yoga-vásishtha-mahárámáyana of Válmiki 2738

1901 a something of wrong in it, even the conventional William H. Hotchkiss Bankruptcy and Preferences a la Mode, in The Rand McNally Bankers’ Monthly

1901 A something of Germanism clings about the style — A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles

1902 something (often, alas! no more than a something!) of music Jenne M(orrow). Long “Common Sense in Oral Expression,” in The Western Journal of Education 2760

1902 there must be and is a something of distance; here a bookish individual is regarded as a harmless nonentity “Country Notes” in Country Life Illustrated

1904 A. something of that sort.
A. something of that sort. testimony by John S. Skinner;
Report of Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the immigration of Italian labourers to Montreal &c. 2734

1904 a Something of Some Particular Sort. At any rate The Mower-Man The Hayfield Mower and Scythe of Progress

1906 with a something of melancholy in the expression Mrs. Henry Lyell, ed. The Life of Sir Charles J. F. Bunbury

1906 About her hair, which was always most carefully dressed, there was a something of disorder Antonio Fogazzaro The Patriot (M. Prichard-Agnetti, trans) 2742

1908 a Something of language study may be begun early. The words that have in older days W. F. P. Stockley “English Literature in Secondary Schools” 2742

1908 A something of which the sense can in no way assist the mind to form a conception of. Henry Watson Fowler and Francis George Fowler The King’s English

1909 which every cowboy pretends to, and a something of logic News and Comments The Classical Review 2749

1912 a something of order grew out of the chaos Maurice H. Harris The People of the Book : A Bible History for School and Home

1913 With a something of care, which resembled
A cloud on a bright summer-day.
And they laughed in despite of their reason Daniel Bedinger Lucas The Land where We Were Dreaming; And Other Poems of

1914 or a shock, a something of character, may also be intended OCR misread of poor scan The Central Law Journal

1916 something to “blurb” about, but a something of doubtful value as a sound “Considered Trifles” (editor’s column) in The Editor

1918 a something of chaos and infinity, he felt; a something not of this world. The starkness and loneliness Gouverneur Morris “The Wild Goose, A novel in defense of the home from the man’s standpoint” in Hearst’s International 2742

1918 a something of sympathy Louise Jordan Miln Mr. Wu 2755

1919 a something of every known science
and a something of his own instances of “something” A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles

1919 a something of very recent origin; as old as the hills J. H. Lee “Old Nails : New Kegs” in Hardware Dealers’ Magazine

1920 rise to a something of godship, the meaner Louise Jordan Miln The Purple Mask 2755

1920 seemed to him now a something of emptiness, and a pain Louise Jordan Miln The Feast of Lanterns 2755

1920 a something of spiritual charm not to be worded Louise Jordan Miln The Invisible Foe 2755

1921 a something of that sort ?
I’m tired, Elfie, and blue terribly blue. Eugene Walter The Easiest Way; An American play concerning a particular phase of New York life 2734

1921 a sudden rush, a something of sound behind me Gordon Young Sourcery and Everhard, in Adventure 2738

1921 To be brief. It is necessary that a — something of very; enough, yet disquieting by reason of his indefiniteness. It was Gordon MacCreagh A Good Sword and a Good Horse, in Adventure 2752

1922 swept her slowly with a something of appraisement Louise Jordan Miln The Green Goddess 2755

1923 quite unreal and she heard no message
she caught something of his mood, too, perhaps, just a something of his spirit. They never before had been so close or so far. Louise Jordan Miln Mr. & Mrs. Sen 2755

1924 A something of self that he did not understand or suspect, a part of self that never had asserted itself before, was up in arms. Louise Jordan Miln In a Shantung Garden 2755

1927 but a something of unreasoning goodness and understanding which rise above intellectual virtues Emilie I. Barrington Pages from the Family, Social and Political Life of My Father James Wilson : Twenty Years of Mid-Victorian Life

1927 beauty with a something of the unearthly in it and requires an answering divinity to capture it. Now go. E. Barrington (L. Adams Beck) The Laughing Queen

1929 more and more often — as the days slipped away — a something of intimacy Louise Jordan Miln By Soochow Waters 2755

1930 “Everyone who lives has that — a something of their own, a wish for self.” Louise Jordan Miln Rice : A Novel 2755

1932 a something of a linguist, rather tall, very slim, of unknown age; he lived in an impregnable moral enclosure of his own Arnold Bennett Dream of Destiny, an Unfinished Novel : And Venus Rising from the Sea 2760

1936 a something of night fell; that moment was such as none else Lew Wallace OCR error involving Ben-Hur : A Tale of the Christ (1880)

1937 a something of night, so may the whole course of your life Mary Roberta Irwin Ovid’s Ibis : A Translation & Commentary

1939 a Something of more opportune character OCR misread/confusion at Municipal Journal

1942 A. Something of very little value; we know which are the good ones and which are the bad John R. Van Arnam Keller vs Federal Trade Commission 2752

1954 bowing down before a—something—of darkness C(atherine). L(ucille). Moore Northwest of Earth

1957 a something of the sea University of London Accessions List : A Classified Catalogue. 2742

1962 a something-of-the-sea corresponding to the wires of a harp Winifred Nowottny The Language Poets Use 2731

1966 a something of trouble and unease in the poet’s mind; black scratches and a fine — The Dublin Magazine 2762

1971 a something of which nothing could be either said or known; a something of the form x [ idea ] Jonathan Bennett Locke, Berkeley, Hume : Central Themes

1991 a (something) of language — hence Charles Pyle “Logic, Markedness, and Language Universals”

2004 a something of which it is equally false and equally true
a something of which there are modifications in form but in itself stays the same Douglas L. Berger The Veil of Maya : Schopenhauer’s System and Early Indian Thought

2014 In the latter case, a “something of One” is the product rather than the agent of discourse “Introduction — Traversing the Theological Fantasy,”
in Davis et al, Theology after Lacan : The Passion for the Real

2017 to go out and be somebody, to become... “a something of something.” Craig T. Cocher Living a Life of Consequence : How Not to Chase a Fake Rabbit 2749

2020 or a something of some kind to help pass the time Johnny Golding The Courage to Matter

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