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a something of; such the difference
 

a something of sympathy     ₁
a something of godship, the meaner rise to     ₂
a something of spiritual charm not to be worded     ₃
 
now a something of emptiness, and a pain     ₄
swept her slowly with a something of appraisement     ₅
quite unreal and she heard no message. Such
 
the difference she caught something of his mood, too,
perhaps, just a something of his spirit.
They never before had been so close or so far.     ₆
 
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.     ₇     more and more often —
 
as the days slipped away — a something of intimacy     ₈
“Everyone who lives has that — a something of their own, a wish for self.”
It was not her way to heed.     ₉
 

sources all Louise Jordan Miln;
their respective details at the more’s (separate page)

  1. Mr. Wu : Based on the Play “Mr. Wu” by H. M. Vernon and Harold Owen (1918, 1920) / more
  2. The Purple Mask : Adapted from the play “Le Chevalier au Masque” of MM. Paul Armont and Jean Manoussi (1918, 1921) / more
  3. The Feast of Lanterns (1920) / more
  4. The Invisible Foe : A Story Adapted from the Play by Walter Hackett (1920) / more
  5. The Green Goddess (1922) / more
  6. Mr. & Mrs. Sen (1923) / more
  7. In a Shantung Garden (1924) / more
  8. By Soochow Waters (1929) / more
  9. Rice : A Novel (1930) / more
     

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