 | John Britton - Great Britain - 1848 - 168 pages
...of the privy council, f Burke afterwards described this cabinet as "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... | |
 | Literature - 1849 - 820 pages
...sea-shore of Europe." His description of Chatham's administration is felicitous in another vein : " a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified...and there a bit of white — patriots and courtiers, kings, friends and republicans, whigs and tories," &c. In relation to the English clubs of French sympathizers,... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English literature - 1849 - 296 pages
...another vein : " 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 courtiers, kings, friends, and republicans, whigs and tories," &c. In relation to the English clubs of French... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English literature - 1849 - 278 pages
...the sea-shore of Europe." His description of Chatham's administration is felicitous in another vein: "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... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Eton College - 1850 - 532 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...pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and tbere a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, King's friends and republicans ; Whigs and Tories ;... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 528 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 franier," — when, by fresh... | |
 | 1840 - 524 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 rhite; patriots... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1851 - 606 pages
...administration so checkered and speckled," said Burke ; " 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 ; euch a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ;... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 976 pages
...He made an administration so chrckpred 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, 3- A name illustrious and revered by nations, And rich in blessings for oar country's good. The passage... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...speech on American Taxation, " 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 tesselaled pave-nent without cement, here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriot*... | |
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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... 
