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" He made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement ;... "
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Page 432
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The History of England: From the Accession of King George the ..., Volume 1

John Adolphus - 1802 - 624 pages
...indented and whimfically " dove-tailed; a cabinet fo varioufly inlaid, " here a bit of black Hone, and there a bit of *' white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends ** and republicans; whigs and tories; treach" erous friends, and open enemies;—that it was " indeed a very cxirious ihew, but utterly...
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The Annual review and history of literature, A. Aiken ed, Volume 1

Arthur Aikin - 1803 - 996 pages
...of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid, here ë bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers; king's friends and republicans; whig? and tones ; treacherous iriends and open rncmics; that it was indeed a very curious show, but...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 462 pages
...piece of diverfified Mofaick ; fuch a tcflelated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black ftone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious fhow ; but utterly...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 126

1867 - 636 pages
...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 ; that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.' We...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1806 - 522 pages
...variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaick ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white...courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaick ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white...courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaick ; such a tesselated pavement without' cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white;...courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly...
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The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best ..., Volume 2

William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pages
...variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement, here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white...courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and -tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly...
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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 3

John Almon - 1810 - 436 pages
...so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic : such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white;...courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies: that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 3

John Almon - 1810 - 404 pages
...variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic t such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white;...courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly...
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