 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...  Parliamentary speeches from 1761 to 1802 - 第 285 頁由 編輯 - 1810完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | 1833 - 1034 頁
...King the power of dissolving it, were popularly caricatured by Burke. " He (Lord Chatham) put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically...courtiers, king's friends and republicans, Whigs and Tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 頁
...afraid, are for ever incurable. He made an administration so chequered and speckled ; he put together o retributory superstitions, by which a foundation...the poor, for the rapine and injustice of a day. Wit tessellated pavement without cement, here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 頁
...afraid, are for ever incurable. He made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet GO variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaick ; such a tesselated pavement without cement... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 頁
...afraid, are for ever incurable. He made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet M> variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaick; such a tesselated pavement without cement;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 頁
...speckled; «c put together a piece of joinery, so crossly »denied and whimsically dove-tailed; a cahi*' hit of black sta=, and there a hit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans... | |
 | George Wingrove Cooke - 1837 - 694 頁
...in itself, would only agree to be ruled by him. Burke afterwards described this cabinet as "apiece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed...inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tessellated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, there a bit of white ; patriots and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1837 - 744 頁
...afraid, are for ever incurable 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 170 171 inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaick ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ;... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 頁
...afterwards, Mr. Burke drew the following memorable and not overcharged portrait — • " He put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically...courtiers ; King's friends and republicans ; Whigs and Tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1839 - 568 頁
...which was ingeniously compared by Mr. Burke to an inlaid cabinet, or a tesselated pavement, with " here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white...courtiers; king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies." The duke of Grafton was placed at the head of * There... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1839 - 746 頁
...then read the extract, in which Mr. Burke spoke of the Cabinet as being " like a tessalated pavement, here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white ; that it was most curious to look upon, and most dangerous to handle. It was of exquisite workmanship... | |
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