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

I wonder at their present patience and perseverance, and can never sufficiently admire the contexture of that brain which can weave with unwearied toil such immense webs of idle tittle-tattle, and gossipping nonsense.

From Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela (1754) by Anonymous

Such plays were of too thin contexture to satisfy the somewhat gross and lumpish taste of a Roman audience.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

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 Fulton, Robert I.

Do not dream that your letters of office, and your instructions, and your suspending clauses are the things that hold together the great contexture of this mysterious whole.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund