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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ... - Page 334
by Alexander Chalmers - 1813
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The History of England, During the Reign of George III, Volume 1

James Robins - 1824 - 514 pages
...formed an administration, which was thus described by Mr. Burke : " lie put together si piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such sv piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselsited pavement ; here a bit of black stone, and there...
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The history of England, during the reign of George iii, Volume 1

William Jones - 1825 - 452 pages
...for duration. Mr Burke humorously described it as " a piece of joinery so crossly indented, and so whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; such a strange combination of patriots and courtiers, king's friends...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 17

David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 474 pages
...for duration. Mr. Burke humorously described it as " a piece of joinery so crossly indented, and so whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; such a strange combination of patriots and courtiers, king's friends...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 7

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...Addiim. He made an administration so chequered and »periled ; he. put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a...variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; "'Jch a tesselated pavement without cement, &c. Burke. Character of Lord Chatham. DOVE, in geography,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 33

1833 - 1034 pages
...dissolving it, were popularly caricatured by Burke. " He (Lord Chatham) put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed, a...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, patriots and...
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The works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 pages
...dove-tailed ; a cabinet »o ' 170 171 inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaick ; such a tesstlatcd pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and rourtiets, king's friends and republicans ; whigs .mil lories ; treacherous friends and open enemies...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
...incurable. He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he pot together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ;...so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaick ; such a tKvlated piivement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 pages
...speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cahinet erns, the primitive rights of men undergo such a variety...of refractions and reflections, that it becomes abs hit of black stone, and there a hit of white; patriots and courtiers; king's friends and republicans;...
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The History of Party: From the Rise of the Whig and Tory Factions ..., Volume 3

George Wingrove Cooke - 1837 - 694 pages
...would only agree to be ruled by him. Burke afterwards described this cabinet as "apiece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a...pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers ; kings, friends, and republicans ; Whigs and Tories...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1837 - 744 pages
...incurable. He made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, restive, and untractable, whenever they see the ... ̀ 0 H Ť "6 1837 S. Holdsworth" Mosaick ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of...
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