 | 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... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a these allowed opinions, which contribute so much to the public tranquillity. In effect, we suffer as 22 A name illustrious and revered by nations, And rich in blessings for our country's good. The passage... | |
 | James Edmunds - 1856 - 224 pages
...whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a diversified Mosaic ; such a tessalated pavement without cement, here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white ; of patriots and courtiers ; king's friends and republicans ; wliigs and tones s * * *. * * * * that... | |
 | Stephen Dowell - Taxation - 1888 - 618 pages
...tessellated pavement ' administration of Burke — is of importance from a fiscal point of view. Formed of 'patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends HISTORY OF TAXATION. and open enemies,'1 it contained every element of confusion. Business was carried... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1891 - 264 pages
...joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a 20 cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement...treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a 25 very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he... | |
 | William Greenough Thayer Shedd - Church group work - 1891 - 468 pages
...of joinery so crossly indented, and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement...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."1 Lastly,... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1894 - 686 pages
...dovetailed, a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified mosaic,* such a tessellated pavement without cement— here a bit of black stone...friends and open enemies — that it was, indeed, ass very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Constitutional history - 1895 - 634 pages
...replaced by the strangely composite ministry of the Duke of Grafton, consisting, according to Burke, "of patriots and courtiers, king's friends and Republicans,...and Tories, treacherous friends and open enemies." l On the retirement of Lord Chatham, the Tories acquired a preponderance in the cabinet ; and when... | |
 | Edward Boucher James - Isle of Wight (England) - 1896 - 730 pages
...formed by Lord Chatham, and described by Burke as ' an inlaid cabinet or tesselatcd pavement, with here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white...and Tories, treacherous friends and open enemies.' In the same year Stanley was dispatched to the Courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg to cement an alliance... | |
 | Hugh Edward Egerton - Great Britain - 1897 - 580 pages
...superiority to the party system. His plan of forming a Ministry has been inimitably described by Burke : " Here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white,...and Tories, treacherous friends and open enemies." With this kind of administration it was obvious that the only bond of union could be the presence of... | |
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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 a tesselated pavement without cement;... 
