 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement, here a hit of black stouc and there a hit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends...; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. In consequence of this arrangement, the con-' fusion was such that his own principles could not... | |
 | John Adams - 1813 - 324 pages
...whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit...show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards stared at each other, and were obliged to... | |
 | William Playfair - 1814 - 538 pages
...so whimsically dove tailed; a cabinet s« variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of...republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies—that it was indeed a very curious show—but utterly unfafe, and unsure to stand on. The... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic, such a teseelated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone,...show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The collegues assorted at the same boards stared at each other, and were obliged to ask ' Sir,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1816 - 540 pages
...and whimsically dovetailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit...and open enemies: that it was indeed a very curious shew; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the... | |
 | 1833 - 1006 pages
...and whimsically dove-tailed, a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement, here a bit of...show, but utterly unsafe to touch and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same board, stared at each other, and were obliged to... | |
 | 1821 - 518 pages
...dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tessellated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone,...friends and open enemies; that it was indeed a very carious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand upon. The colleagues, whom he had assorted... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1821 - 746 pages
...whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit...and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, kings, friends, and republicans; whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies: that it was... | |
 | 1821 - 800 pages
...more, is just Burke's character of Lord Chatham's last administration, — "a tesselated pavement, here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, most beautiful to look at, but now utterly unsafe " We do not mean here that it is ever absolutely... | |
 | 1821 - 778 pages
...more, is just Burke's character of Lord Chatham's last administration, — " a tesselated pavement, here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, most beautiful to look at, but now utterly unsafe • Mre do not mean here that it is ever absolutely... | |
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He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed, a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement, —... 
