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The pavement is either tessellated or of chequered marble; some of the walls of the rooms are also tessellated with arabesque, borders, the ceilings are painted with gay colours, viz.— An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa
A third reduces the wayward balloon within the bounds of moderation, and Mr Coxwell exultingly exclaims that `he has it now under perfect command, with sand enough, and to spare Delighted to find the balloon is thus checked, as it is favourable to good readings of the several instruments at this elevation, I work as quickly as I can, noticing also the landscape below; rich mounds of green foliage, fields of various shades of green, like a tessellated pavement in motion; with roads, rivers, rivulets, and the undulatory nature of the ground varying the scene every instant.— Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages
But Antiochus passed in and out of the study, gathering up writing materials, tablets, and books; and presently Drusus heard the freedman bidding an underling have ready and packed the marble slabs used for the tessellated floor of the Imperator's tent--a bit of luxury that Cćsar never denied himself while in the field.— A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.
As I went into the hall I saw its floor was tessellated, and its wall was a picture-gallery.— New Tabernacle Sermons

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