 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 ; here...  The Southern literary messenger - Page 2761849Full view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaick ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1809 - 608 pages
...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...and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and -tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 436 pages
...and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ja cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified...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... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 246 pages
...literally apply. " He put together a piece of joinery so closely indented, and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified...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;... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 404 pages
...indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic t such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a...and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so ct-ossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cahinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified...such a tesselated pavement without cement, here a hit of black stouc and there a hit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans... | |
 | John Adams - Great Britain - 1813 - 324 pages
...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...and there a bit of white : patriots and courtiers ; king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 518 pages
...dove-tailed ; a cahinet so 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 ; patriots and courtiers ; king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; — that... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 504 pages
...and speckled ; he put together a piece of joining so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so 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 ; patriots... | |
 | William Playfair - 1814 - 538 pages
...he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and so whimsically dove tailed; a cabinet s« variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic,...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... | |
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