 He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here...  William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - Page 183by Albert von Ruville - 1907Full view - About this book
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...system of checks and balances: "He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically...cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone; and there a bit of white;... | |
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...afraid, are forever incurable. He made an administration so checkered and speckled, he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically...cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tessellated pavement without cement, — here a bit of black stone and there a bit of... | |
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