Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Some, indef. pron. used to note an indeterminate kind or quantity or number; 1) kind (often almost equivalent to the indef. article): “their light blown out in s. mistrustful wood,” Ven. 826. “her fawn hid in s. brake,” Ven. 826 “she hears s. huntsman hollo,” Ven. 826 “behind s. hedge,” Ven. 826 “saying, s. shape in Sinon's was abused,” Lucr. 1529. “not a soul . . . but played s. tricks of desperation,” Tp. I, 2, 210. “s. god o' the island,” Tp. I, 2, 210 “s. sailor's wife,” II, 1, 4. II, 1, 4 “this is s. monster of the isle,” II, 2, 67. “s. defect in her,” III, 1, 44. “s. vanity of mine art,” IV, 41. “your father's in s. passion that works him strongly,” IV, 41 “when thou seest s. rare object,” Gent. I, 1, 13. “s. love of yours hath writ to you,” I, 2, 79. “such weeds as may beseem s. well-reputed page,” II, 7, 43. “s. merchant hath invited him,” Err. II, 1, 4. “s. such strange bull,” Ado V, 4, 49. “speak their mind in s. other sort,” LLL V, 2, 589. “I will s. other be, s. Florentine,” Shr. I, 1, 209 etc. etc. (S. certain, see Certain). With one: “why should the private pleasure of s. one become the public plague of many moe?” Lucr. 1478. “s. one with child by him,” Meas. I, 4, 45. “s. one hath set you on,” V, 112. “s. one among us,” All's IV, 1, 5. “if case s. one of you would fly from us,” H6C V, 4, 34. “s. one take order,” R3 IV, 4, 539. “for s. one to say, Break up the senate,” Caes. II, 2, 97 etc. Alone, substantively, == one, some one: “go s. of you and fetch a looking-glass,” R2 IV, 268. Lr. III, 1, 37. for reverence to s. alive (i. e. the mother of Richard), “I give a sparing limit to my tongue,” R3 III, 7, 193. s. of == something of, a sample of: “what must we understand by this? S. of my shame,” As IV, 3, 96. “s. of your function, mistress,” Oth. IV, 2, 27. -- S. other where == somewhere else: Err. II, 1, 30. Rom. I, 1, 204.
2) Quantity: “s. favour, s. remorse,” Ven. 257. “s. food,” Tp. I, 2, 160. “that you will s. good instruction give,” Tp. I, 2, 160 “you have done yourself s. wrong,” Tp. I, 2, 160 “lack s. gentleness,” II, 1, 137. “'twixt which regions there is s. space,” II, 1, 137 “I will give him s. relief,” II, 2, 70. “put s. lime upon your fingers,” IV, 246. “s. more test of my metal,” Meas. I, 1, 49. “that is s. good,” Ado IV, 1, 213. “keep s. state in thy exit,” LLL V, 2, 598. “he would make s. speed of his return,” Merch. II, 8, 37. “intend s. fear,” R3 III, 7, 45 etc. etc. Without a subst.: “s. of her blood still red remained, and s. looked black,” Lucr. 1742. “get you s. of this distilled Carduus Benedictus,” Ado III, 4, 73. “take thou s. of it,” Mids. II, 1, 259. Referring to a subst.: I will pour s. (wine) “in thy other mouth,” Tp. II, 2, 98. 'tis all engaged, s. (land) “forfeited and gone,” Tim. II, 2, 155 etc. Substantively, == something: “let not bounty fall where want cries s., but where excess begs all,” Compl. 42. cf. Lr. I, 4, 218. “let me see s. more,” H4A II, 3, 7. “bate me s. and I will pay you s.” H4B V, 5, 131. “you shall hear s.” Cor. IV, 2, 14. “take s.; nay, put out all your hands,” Tim. IV, 2, 27. “how's this? s. more; be sage,” Per. IV, 6, 102.
3) Number; in the sing. == many a: “who had, no doubt, s. noble creature in her,” Tp. I, 2, 7. “and undergoes such assaults as would take in s. virtue,” Cymb. III, 2, 9. Oftener plur.: “bore us s. leagues to sea,” Tp. I, 2, 145. “s. thousands of these logs,” III, 1, 10 etc. “as s. my equals did,” Compl. 148. “I have said to s. my standers by,” Troil. IV, 5, 190 (Ff unto my standers by). Without a subst.: Ven. 872. Ven. 872 Tp. II, 1, 251. Err. IV, 3, 4. Ado V, 1, 109. Mids. I, 1, 226 “(other s.).” Wint. III, 3, 20 etc. etc. Before numerals, == about: “s. sixteen months,” Gent. IV, 1, 21. “a dish of s. three pence,” Meas. II, 1, 95. “s. six or seven,” Meas. II, 1, 95 IV, 3, 11. LLL I, 2, 117. V, 2, 50. Mids. V, 61. Merch. IV, 1, 147. Shr. IV, 3, 189 “(s. seven o' clock).” All's I, 2, 71. III, 7, 24. IV, 3, 56. Tw. III, 2, 48. Wint. II, 1, 145. H4A II, 2, 67. III, 3, 119. H6C II, 1, 144. V, 1, 10. R3 I, 2, 241. 257 “(s. score or two).” III, 7, 36. Rom. I, 5, 39. III, 4, 27. Lr. I, 2, 5. III, 7, 16. Oth. I, 3, 84 etc. Even before singular substantives of time, == about one, about a: “s. hour hence,” Err. III, 1, 122. Merch. II, 4, 27. “s. half an hour,” LLL V, 2, 90. H8 IV, 1, 66. “s. month or two,” Merch. III, 2, 9. “s. twelve-month since,” Tw. I, 2, 37. “s. hour before you took me,” II, 1, 22. “s. day or two,” R3 III, 1, 64. “s. minute ere the time of her awaking,” Rom. V, 3, 257. “s. year elder,” Lr. I, 1, 20. V, 3, 193.