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

That has been sadly shown, over and again, and if we had time one could easily point to the reasons in human nature, and its strange contexture, why it should be so.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander

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

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

The contexture of so great a body holds by more nails than one.

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia