contexture
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We are all framed of flaps and patches, and of so shapeless and diverse a contexture, that every piece and every moment playeth his part.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2017
Strengthened as was his monarchical power in Spain, in Germany he found it hemmed in and fettered by the estates of the empire and the whole contexture of political relations.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson
A description of the shape and curious contexture of Feathers: and some conjectures thereupon.
From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Robert Hooke
Do not dream that your letters of office, and your instructions, are the things that hold together the great contexture of the mysterious whole.
From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Robert I. Fulton
Collateral events are so artfully woven into the contexture of his principal story, that they cannot be disjoined without leaving it lacerated and broken.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
