a something of one, or two; of certain soils
But it is possible that in such a multiplicity of objects,
one or two such, here and there,
may have escaped notice ₁ —
an antecedent something,
a primitive element of mind, of matter
one or the other ₂ ’least it was a road, but that was long ago,
when there was a house, or a something of the sort, among the rocks ₃
an adjunct, a something of moraine, the lesson of —
the indifference with which many high alpines regard certain soils ₄
the scene is laid in one or two
a something of resemblance as when seen
for the first moment ₅
sources
- A something of the Heavenly day;
A something of the Everlasting chime.The Baptistery, or The Way of Eternal Life. By the author of “The Cathedral.” [Isaac Williams] (Oxford, 1842 and 1844)
moreaside —
The borrowed passage (“a multiplicity of objects”) is taken from the preface to a different (London) edition of this volume, which might accurately be described as an emblem book. It warns the reader that an object or two, in any of the recycled emblematic illustrations, might not meet approval of the Church. - Inaugural Essay on Instinct, by the Rev. F. Nowill-Webster, for the attainment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts at Göttingen (London, 1868) : 9
more - “Darliston” (Chapter 9, “Leyton Farm. — Mrs. Gainsborough seeking to sunder a friendship, commences one of her own account”) in The Ladies’ Companion and Monthly Magazine 33 (London, 1868) : 229
more - rearrangements of language in chapter 5, “The Moraine,” in E. H. Jenkins, The Rock Garden (London: Published at the offices of Country Life, 1920) : 24-25
more - the scene is laid in one or two,
only, still they show
A something of resemblance as when seen
For the first moment
combination of two passages in James Henry Burke, Days in the East. A Poem by James Henry Burke, Esq., of Marble Hill: Lieutenant Bombay Engineers; Member of the Bombay Branch Royal Asiatic Society. (London, 1842) : from the preface (p. iii) and Canto II, stanza 31, at p. 54
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