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
In his opinion, anything which unnecessarily tore to pieces the contexture of the state not only prevented all real reformation, but introduced evils which would call, but perhaps call in vain, for new reformation.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
Of the contexture of events planned by the author, which is called the action of the poem, since it is left imperfect, no judgment can he made.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel
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
A theory, in short, which for the reason is a veritable contexture of confusions.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
