a something of names, a basis
Here was a something of a basis, ₁ that a hair, puny as it is in itself, bears upon its sides a something of such importance, ₂ something in its penetrating spirit, the toughness of its fibre; a something of rough hardness, ₃ a something, of which we know little more than the name, The immense amount of coal lying quietly imbedded. ₄ Spanish Bonds have fallen. And a something of depression is attributed to the same cause, even in our own markets, with little reason, as this fracas seems to be more likely to disperse a storm than to create one ₅ among men of trade, a something of particular nicety, that they will allow a man to write any thing for them but their names. ₆
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sources :
1 The Vicar of Bray : A Tale, vol. I (London, 1771) : 76 / more 2 A Treatise on Hat-making and Felting, Including a Full Exposition of the Singular Properties of Fur, Wool, and Hair. By John Thomson, a practical hatter. (Philadelphia and London, 1868) : 37 / more 3 Munson Township, Religion and Churches, in History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio (Philadelphia, 1878) : 202 / more 4 “Address of Robert B. Mowry, M.D.,” in Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania Vol. X. — Part II. (Philadelphia, 1877) : 417-432 (429) / more 5 London Gazette, Saturday, July 13, in The Examiner No. 754 (Sunday, July 14, 1822) : 438 / more 6 The Miseries of Improper Education; or, The History of the Family of the Leverets. Taken from real Life. in The Lady’s Magazine (May 1789) : 250-253 (252) / more
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