All 5 Uses of
mosaic
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- ITALIA, MAGISTRA ARTIUM —He spoke on the law of evidence, J. J. O'Molloy said, of Roman justice as contrasted with the earlier Mosaic code, the lex talionis.†
Chpt 7
- The Mosaic code has superseded the law of the jungle.†
Chpt 15 *
- From his forehead arise starkly the Mosaic ramshorns.†
Chpt 15
- The floor is covered with an oilcloth mosaic of jade and azure and cinnabar rhomboids.†
Chpt 15
- Twining, receding, with interchanging hands the night hours link each each with arching arms in a mosaic of movements.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(mosaic) art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile
or more rarely:
anything made of many differing parts of equal importance, but varying appearance