 The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting-ton's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen,...  The British Quarterly Review - Page 125edited by - 1885Full view - About this book
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1840 - 424 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting-ton's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...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 - 1844 - 388 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parti'ngton's spirit « was up ; but I need not tell you that the...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 - 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 - 1844 - 352 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... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 372 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
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...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... | |
 | 1874 - 720 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... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - 1850 - 394 pages
...house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop and squeezing out the sea- water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused....quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." A few riots gave diversity to the scene. At Derby, the mob demolished the property of some anti-reformers... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 572 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean ! The Atlantic wns roused ; Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. 4. ADDRESS TO THE YOUNG MEN OF HALT.— Joteph AfoKini. The following extract, translated from the... | |
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