 | Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - Canada - 1918 - 1220 pages
...piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers,...republicans ; Whigs and Tories ; treacherous friends and enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch and Insecure to stand.... | |
 | Philip Guedalla - United States - 1926 - 366 pages
...succession of Elegant Extracts, to study a complete mosaic of prize declamations, here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, patriots and courtiers, King's friends and . . . how grossly infectious the habit is. One could forgive him a century of quotations. But the disaster... | |
 | Basil Williams - Political Science - 1966 - 440 pages
...; a piece of diversified mosaic ; a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers,...and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies — so Burke described it in the speech which, however, also contained the noble tribute to Lord Chatham's... | |
 | English essays - 1775 - 804 pages
...of di132 whimfically dovetailed ; a vniioully inlaid ; fuch a vcriifieil mofaic ; fuch a lell'dated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black ftone, and there a bit of white i patriots and courtiers, kings fi ieiuls and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends... | |
 | 1858 - 720 pages
..." a piece of diversified mosaic, a tessclated 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 ha had assorted at the same board, stared at each other, and were obliged... | |
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... 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, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that... 
