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
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
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 Life of Luther by Julius Koestlin
A theory, in short, which for the reason is a veritable contexture of confusions.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
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 Edmund Burke
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