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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... "
Lives of illustrious ... Irishmen, ed. by J. Wills - Page 261
by Irishman - 1844
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 968 pages
...He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joiner)-so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed; a cabinet so...inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tessclated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone. " A name illustrious and revered by...
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The Speeches of the Earl of Chatham, the Hon. R.B. Sheridan, Lord Erskine ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 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...pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and * The Duke of Grafton was ostensibly the head of the new administration; Chatham himself filling the...
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History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 5

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 406 pages
...variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversi" fled mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without ce" ment, here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white ; " patriots and courtiers ; King's Friends and Repub" licans ; Whigs and Tories ; treacherous friends and " open enemies, that it was indeed a very...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1853 - 972 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 tessclated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, -• A name illustrious and revered...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 414 pages
...made an administration " so chequered and speckled ; he put together a piece of "joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; " a Cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversi" fled mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without ce" ment, here a bit of black stone and there...
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History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 5

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 402 pages
...made an administration " so chequered and speckled ; he put together a piece of " joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; " a Cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversi" fied mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without ce" ment, here a bit of black stone and there...
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Putnam's Monthly, Volumes 1-2

American literature - 1853 - 708 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...
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Life of ... Edmund Burke, revised by the author

sir James Prior - 1854 - 586 pages
...to do with him, showing altogether a most perturbed " He put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed; a cabinet so...friends and republicans; Whigs and Tories; treacherous friend's and open enemies; that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch and...
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Discussions on the Constitution Proposed to the People of Massachusetts by ...

Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1854 - 324 pages
...other human code, uniformity and consistency are requisite, is such a piece of tessellated work, with here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white; here a bit of sympathy and there a bit of thrift; here a bit of tenderness and there a bit of rigor...
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A History of England: During the Reign of George the Third, Volume 1

William Massey - Great Britain - 1855 - 604 pages
...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 atesselated pavement without cement; — here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots...
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