 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 and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies: that it was indeed a very curious show;...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Strana 478podľa Edmund Burke - 1826Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1778 - Počet stránok 626
...enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious- shew ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to itfaiid on. The colleagues whom he. had assorted at ,the same...and were obliged to ask, " Sir," your name ?— Sir, J'Hi have, the advantage of'me-^Mr. s'uch a one-^-I beg a thousand pardons — " 1 venture to say,... | |
 | William Belsham - 1795 - Počet stránok 496
...republicans, Whigs and Tories, treacherous m*. frjC|Kls and open enemies; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. When his face was hid but for a moment, his whole system was on a wide sea, without chart or compass,... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - Počet stránok 502
...Whigs and Tories; treacherous friends and open enemies;—that it was indeed « very curious shew, but utterly unsafe to touch, 'and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom h? 1:ad assorted at the same boards stared at each other, and were obliged to ask, " Sir, your name... | |
 | Arthur Aikin - 1803 - Počet stránok 996
...and republicans; whig? and tones ; treacherous iriends and open rncmics; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on." The same author pursuing the subject, has observed. " when he. had executed his plan, he had not an inch... | |
 | 1867 - Počet stránok 636
...pavement without cement ; 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.' We must not omit, however, to bring into view the share taken by the House of Lords in the intricate... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - Počet stránok 608
...republicans ; whigs and -tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch and unsure to stand on. In consequence of this arrangement, the confusion was such that his own principles could not possibly... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - Počet stránok 436
...and republicans; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies: that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure...he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other,and were obliged to ask, "Sir, your name ?—Sir, you have the advantage of me— Mr. Such-a-one—I... | |
 | Henry Headley - 1810 - Počet stránok 246
...without cement, 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...on; the colleagues whom he had assorted at the same board, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask, Sir, your name!" To have shed their twinkling... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - Počet stránok 316
...and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. In consequence of this arrangement, the con-' fusion was such that his own principles could not possibly... | |
 | John Adams - 1813 - Počet stránok 324
...and republicans ; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure...other, and were obliged to ask, " Sir, your name," &c. It so happened, that persons had a single office divided between them, who had never spoken to... | |
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