something of the night
Kathleen Miller, admin ass't to William Safire, made a post at ADS this week that in part read,"...Back in 1997, Anne Widdecombe said of Michael Howard, former Home Affairs minister, that Howard had,...
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This appeared in The Times this week: www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-874552,00.html
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ozzie, I'm not sure "something of the night before" has the same sense.But there is a book by that name:Something of the NightBook by: Mary McMullenManufacturer: DoubledayList Price: $8.95 - Our...
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The locus classicus for the style of the phrase could well be Sir Charles Sedley's poemLove still has something of the seaFrom whence his mother rose
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I'm not even sure that's "something of the night" to begin with. Seems to me it's just "of the night before" tacked on. Change it to "of the prior night" and your whole case falls apart.
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I tried Kurwamac's link but the Times' page was available only to paying subscribers. As for the other posts, I think if the gothic tale from 1876 is given a full reading, it can be seen as a...
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Ah, no wonder nobody paid any attention to me. Can't understand that - I've never had to pay, so perhaps it's only those outside the UK who have to.Anyway, here it is:People by Andrew Pierce Something...
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Last night I dreamt of the third person singular pluperfect subjunctive. I had that very dream just the night before last. Only I was while driving a taxi in Boston. This guy got into my cab and...
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Kurwamac, if you don't send your post to Ms. Miller, may I? You've demolished all possible alternative origins for the phrase.
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Feel free, but I can't really take the credit for it, as all I did was C&P Andrew Pierce's article.
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You're too modest, kurwamac. I took the liberty of forwarding your post to Ms. Miller.
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No, not the same wording, but similar nuance:"The streets were dark with something more than night." Raymond Chandler 1950
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Safire's column in today's New York Times picks up on the research his assistant Ms. Miller did; see:www.nytimes.com/2003/11/16/magazine/16ONLANGUAGE.htmlI think the underplaying of the (London) Times...
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