Something of the sort

The highlighted line by C. in this prairie dialogue from the August 1852 installment of Scenes Beyond the Western Border was deleted in revision and does not appear in the 1857 book version.

F. "Is it not the impression of massiveness, which the extent of the level shape adds to the effect of height?

C. "Something of the sort:—perhaps so.... 
--August 1852 Scenes Beyond the Western Border

 "Something of the sort" in the 1852 version was changed to "There may be something in that."

 PIERRE - 1852

• Already Pierre had anticipated something of this sort;

• I believe I was dreaming—sleep-walking, or something of that sort.

CORRESPONDENCE - May 1851

•  "So, when you see or hear of my ruthless democracy on all sides, you may possibly feel a touch of a shrink, or something of that sort"

MOBY-DICK - 1851

• I heard Stubb tell Flask, one morning watch, that there was something of that sort in the wind.”

• ever since then has something of the same sort of license prevailed....

• “Oh, I never hurt when I hit, except when I hit a whale or something of that sort; 

• his silver watch, or his soul, or something of that sort....

MARDI - 1849

... Traitor, I'll stand by this to the last gasp, you are inebriated, Babbalanja."

"Perhaps so, my lord; but I was treating of the imagination, may it please you."

"It seems to have been added for a postscript," rejoined Braid-Beard, screwing his eyes again.

"Perhaps so," said Babbalanja, "but some wag must have done it."