a something of a broken line, uncertainty
I find myself at something of a loss for words, considering ₁ a something of the subject gleamed across me, and a study of the situation, ₂ a something of a hinge ₃ — a something of quiet satisfaction, a certain restfulness; at times ₄ a something of restlessness, and a superfluity of energy; who should say Oh, ye sins of omission, how great will be your catalogue ₅ of which the titles might be with advantage exchanged, for the philosophical history a light romance, and the romance a heavy philosophy; ₄ a something of romance? Its pulses die desperate. A something of. ₆ But there was a something of more solid worth attached to them ₇ — a broken line, a roughness of texture, and a something of uncertainty in ₈
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