in medias res, a something of
with a something of directness of touch and a knack of plunging at once into medias res ₁
after which it was destroyed.
Some of these subsequently received were open, and others not;
part of them also had a something of a post-mark on them ₂
a something of time ₃
or at least I think so
a something of hesitation, an incertitude as to effects ₄
a touch that had in it what in all her life Pobai had never felt before,
a something of hesitation, even of deference ₅
that nets — including trawl nets — have made a something of a mess of ₆
sources
- review of Florence Warden, her Pretty Miss Smith (London, 1891), in The Athenaeum No. 3315 (May 9, 1891) : 602 / more
- “History of the Life, Atrocious Impositions, Trial and Execution of Mary Bateman, the reputed witch of Leeds, Yorkshire.” in Kirby’s Wonderful and Eccentric Museum Vol. 4 (of six). (London, 1820 edition) : 260-301 (281) / more
- Willem A. Nyland in discussion of G.I. Gurdjieff’s philosophy, Seattle, Washington (28 December 1967) / more
- Kate Terry Gielgud, on a performance of Richard III at the Lyceum Theatre, 19 December 1896, in A Victorian Playgoer, edited by Muriel St Claire Byrne (London, 1980) : 47-48 / more
- Daybreak in Korea : A Tale of Transformation in the Far East by Annie L. A. Baird, Missionary of the American Presbyterian Board (New York, 1909) : 84 / more
- something in Ocean Challenge 8 (2004) : 7 / more
aside —
many and multifarious instances of “something of a mess of” — minus “a” — via archive.org
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