 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pagina’s
...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 ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsureto stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and... | |
 | 1778 - 626 pagina’s
...upon. When he had accomplished, hif scheme of administration, he was no longer a minister. When hi» face was hid but for a moment, his whole system was on a ¿vide, sea, without- chart, or compass. The gentlemen, his particular friends, who with the names... | |
 | Arthur Aikin - 1803 - 996 pagina’s
...courtiers; king's friends 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... | |
 | 1867 - 636 pagina’s
...such a tessellated 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 522 pagina’s
...white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious...but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 520 pagina’s
...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 ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsnre to stain! on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pagina’s
...white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious...but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pagina’s
...white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious...but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pagina’s
...; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and -tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious...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 - 436 pagina’s
...white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies: that it was indeed a very curious...but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues Whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other,and were obliged to ask,... | |
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... 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,... 
