a something of; a needle a leaf
a something of wildness / no larger than a needle ; leaf ₁
incessantly blown and flapped by a something of ₂
a something of the greatest consequence then,
that triangular piece of paper many times ₃
left near her by accident, she took it up
with a something of joy and a something of care ₄
a something of the glow around her: it seemed ₅
a something of
Here ₆
a something of the past, and as quite behind ₇
the shadow of a something ₈
a Something of which one rarely tired ₉
a something of the soil, not
beholden to atmospheric tinting for its hue ₁₀
a something of care, which resembled
A cloud on a bright summer-day
And they laughed in despite of their reason ₁₁
a touch that recalls — and no more — a something of ₁₂
sources
- courtesy OCR cross-column misread, at
Silver-knife, Or, The Hunter of the Rocky Mountains. A Romance of the Wild West. By J. H. Robinson, M.D. (Boston, 1850) / more - Chapter 6, “‘An Atheist Who Has Lost His Faith’ : The Prose and Verse of Boris Pasternak,” in Daniel Murphy, Christianity and Modern European Literature (1997) / more
- Edith the Captive; or, The Robbers of Epping Forest. “By the author of Jane Brightwell.” [James Malcolm Rymer]; (London, 1861) / more
- “The Rubi, A Tale of the Sea — in Six Cantos — Canto III — The Banquet” in The Dublin University Magazine (May 1838) / more
- Agnes Serle. By the author of “The Heiress.” [Ellen Pickering] (London, 1835) / more
- Henry Holl, More Secrets Than One : A Novel. (London, 1864) / more
- a review of the program of music, under the longer piece “All Agog” by G. G., being an account of a recent meeting of the Architectural Association, in The Building News and Engineering Journal (London; November 3, 1865) / more
- Rebecca Harding Davis, Dallas Galbraith (1868) / more
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confession —
there’s a something of only the slightest fugitive meaning in these, if any; music if any more.
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