 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 744 pages
...made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly nd untractable, whenever they see the ̀ 0 H Ť "6 1837 S. Holdsworth" Mosaick ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1839 - 746 pages
...then read the extract, in which Mr. Burke spoke of the Cabinet as being " like a tessalated pavement, here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white ; that it was most curious to look upon, and most dangerous to handle. It was of exquisite workmanship... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 536 pages
...dove-tailed: a cabinet to variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic; such a tessellated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone,...patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whig* and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1840 - 522 pages
...said in a famous passage, ' so chequered 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 «bile ; patriots... | |
 | 1840 - 530 pages
...said in a famous passage,' so chequered 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 nhile; patriots... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1840 - 652 pages
...32 and 33. " crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabi- ™, " net so variously inlaid ; here a bit of black stone, and " there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers ; King's 1757 . " friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacher" ous friends, and open enemies ; —... | |
 | 1840 - 700 pages
...and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crawly indented and whimsically 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1841 - 834 pages
...Chatham) made an administration so chequered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so...mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; nonrahlc Willinm Kit, Esq. and his heirs male the dignity of a Viscount aud Earl of Great Britain,... | |
 | Edward Mangin - Authors, English - 1841 - 234 pages
...BOOKS, BY THE REV. EDWARD MANGIN, AUTHOR OF "PLKASURK3 ARISING PROM A LOVE OF BOUKS.' " A TS8SELATED PAVEMENT WITHOUT CEMENT : HERE A BIT OF BLACK STONE, AND THERE A BIT OP WHITE." Burkfi Character o/ Lord Chatham. LONDON: EDWARD LUMLEY, 56, CHANCERY LANE. MDCCCXLl. LONDON:... | |
 | Edward Thornton - India - 1842 - 604 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...tesselated pavement without cement, here a bit of black CHAP. but no change in the policy maintained towards the East-India Company. A bill was brought in... | |
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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... 
