 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1832 - 644 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partiugton's spirit was up, but I need not tell you that the contest...quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington.' We accept the reverend jester's illustration. The sea (which he somewhat iingeo. graphically calls... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1832 - 654 pages
...mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic wax roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up, but I need...quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington.' We accept the reverend jester's illustration. The sea (which he somewhat ungeographically calls the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1840 - 424 pages
...— the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 388 pages
...Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and patterns, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 348 pages
...unequal. The Allantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she could not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 348 pages
...was excellent at a slop, ora puddle . but she could not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, he at your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1885 - 530 pages
...sea-water, and vitjorously'pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused ; Mrs Partington 's spirit was up; but I need not tell you that the contest...and steady — you will beat Mrs. Partington. The Atlantic has been roused recently. Mrs. Partington has tried, not to drive back the advancing waters,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 368 pages
...unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she could not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - 522 pages
...— the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1874 - 714 pages
...The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Pttrtington. She was excellent in a slop or a puddle, but she should pot have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at your...quiet and steady— you will beat Mrs. Partington." Rn. Sydney Smüh'i Warb, vol. iii. pp. 75-76. WILLIAM PLATT. Conservative Club. ANCIENT ENGLISH SEES... | |
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In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington,... 
