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Memoirs of the city of London and its celebrities - Page 142
by John Heneage Jesse - 1901
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 18

1778 - 626 pages
...He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of- joinery, so crosly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of (.¡¡versified Mosuic ; such tesselatcd pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there...
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 2

William Belsham - 1795 - 496 pages
...— MKASURES, the effects of which are, 1 am afraid, FOR EVER INCURABLE, He made an administration so chequered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented, aml whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified mosaic, such...
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 1

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 502 pages
...country: measures, the effe6is of which, I am afraid, are for ever incurable. He made an Administration, so chequered and speckled ; he put together a piece...diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement—here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white—patriots and courtiers ; King's friends...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 126

1867 - 636 pages
...the Government constructed by Lord Chatham in 1766. It was a measure ' so checkered and speckled ; a piece of joinery, so crossly indented, and whimsically...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...
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The Annual review and history of literature, A. Aiken ed, Volume 1

Arthur Aikin - 1803 - 996 pages
...afterwards, with no less \\ ц than truth, deM-nbed «s, •' a checkered and speckled administration ; a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid, here л bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers; king's friends and republicans;...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

Tobias Smollett - 1803 - 624 pages
...afterware's, with no less wit than truth, described as, '•' a checkered and speckled administration ja piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inknd, here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1806 - 520 pages
...the effects of which, I am afraid, are for ever incurable. He made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery,...so 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...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...measures, the effects of which I am afraid, are for ever incurable. He made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery,...cabinet so 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...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...measures, the effects of which I am afraid, are for ever incurable. He made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery,...so 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...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 3

John Almon - 1810 - 404 pages
...effects of which, I am afraid, are for ever incurable. He made an administration (in 1766) so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery,...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;...
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