 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...He made an administration so checkered and speckled : he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so...pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, 22 A name illustrious and revered by nations, And rich in blessings for our country's good. The passage... | |
 | James Edmunds - 1856 - 224 pages
...whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a diversified Mosaic ; such a tessalated pavement without cement, here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white ; of patriots and courtiers ; king's friends and republicans ; wliigs and tones s * * *. * * * * that... | |
 | William Dowe - 1857 - 272 pages
...He made an administration, so chequered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so...here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white stone — patriots and courtiers, kings' friends, and republicans, Whigs and Tories, treacherous friends... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1857 - 422 pages
...into existence his motley administration, — pleasantly depicted by Burke as " a cabinet so curiously inlaid — such a piece of diversified mosaic —...here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, which had a chance of coherence only from the controlling genius of its framer," — when, by fresh... | |
 | William Dowe - 1857 - 280 pages
...of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; suclj a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated...here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white stone — patriots and courtiers, kings' friends, and republicans, Whigs and Tories, treacherous friends... | |
 | William Dowling - Literary landmarks - 1857 - 412 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, and there a bit of white ; patriots and corn-tiers ; king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies,... | |
 | 1857 - 676 pages
..." a piece of diversified mosaic, a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans," — so that the colleagues whom he had assorted at the same board, stared at each other, and were obliged... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - Great Britain - 1874 - 434 pages
...'He made an administration so chequered and speckled : he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed : a cabinet so...such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a hit of black stone and there a bit of white ; patriots and' courtiers : king's friends and republicans:... | |
 | Jelinger Cookson Symons - Great Britain - 1859 - 194 pages
...afterwards designated as an Administration " so chequered and speckled — a piece of joinery so crossly indented, and whimsically dovetailed — a cabinet...variously inlaid — such a piece of diversified mosaic — etc., etc., composed of treacherous friends and open enemies — that it was indeed a very curious... | |
 | John Wingate Thornton - United States - 1860 - 556 pages
...He made an administration so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed; a cabinet so...inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tessellated pavement without cement, — here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots... | |
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He made an administration, so chequered 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... 
