 | Robert Peel - 1843 - 504 strani
...ministry, referring to which Mr. Burke spoke of the cabinet as being " like a tesselated pavement, — here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; that it was most dangerous to look on, and most dangerous to handle. It was of exquisite workmanship,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 strani
...Chatham is no lest ludicrous than correct. ' He made an administration so chequered and speckled ; nd silent well, And rippling rivulet, and evening...assuming Held commune with him, as if he and it Were ; patriote and courtiers ; king's friends and republicans ; Whigs and Tories ; treacherous friends... | |
 | J. R. Miller - 1844 - 742 strani
...whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement, without cement; here a bit...patriots and courtiers ; king's friends and republicans ; whigeand lories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ;... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 strani
...dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselatcd he tomb, I rise and upbuild it again. ; king 's friends and republicans ; Whigs and Tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1845 - 558 strani
...and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement Without cement ; here a bit...open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show 5 but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same... | |
 | People - 1845 - 346 strani
...dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic ; such a tessellated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone,...and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ;— and that it wa» VOL. III. S indeed a very eurious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure... | |
 | George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1845 - 422 strani
...diversified mosaick : such a tesselated basement without cement; here a bit of blackstone, and here a bit of white; patriots and courtiers ; king's friends...republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies—that it was a very curious show—but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on." To... | |
 | 1846 - 578 strani
...and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement, without cement ; here a bit...show; but utterly unsafe to touch and unsure to stand upon. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards stared at each other, and were obliged... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 546 strani
...that motley administration, which Mr. Burke ingeniously compared to a cabinet variously inlaid, or to a tesselated pavement without cement : ' here a bit...and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies : so that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.'... | |
 | William Newland Welsby - 1846 - 584 strani
...pleasantly depicted as " a cabinet so curiously 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," — and of which the only chance of coherence lay in the controlling genius of its framer, as soon... | |
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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... 
