 In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic...  The British Quarterly Review - Page 125edited by - 1885Full view - About this book
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 714 pages
...pulling, and a peaceablebase tone of voice ; not split hairs, hysterical spasmodics, and treble. Ca>iyle. Sydney Smith. The atmosphere of moral sentiment is a region of grandeur which reduces all material... | |
 | John Swinton - 1894 - 516 pages
...aroused and so was her spirit, but the contest was unequal, and the Atlantic beat her. Mrs. Partington was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Yet this dame had as much sense as exists in the White House, at Washington — as much as has been... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 344 pages
...Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up : but I need not tell you the contest was unequal ; the Atlantic Ocean beat...puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." How many Dame Partingtons there are of both sexes, and in every walk of life ! The young swan is restless... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1897 - 320 pages
...the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Fartington's spirit was up. But I need not tell you the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs....puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." And this happy and droll comparison was met with a great roar of laughter and of applause that ran... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1897 - 322 pages
...Mrs. Partington's spirit was up. But I need not tell you the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean 0 beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop...puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." And this happy and droll comparison was met with a great roar of laughter and of applause that ran... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1897 - 320 pages
...spirit was up. Bnt I need not tell yon the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Fartington. She was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." And this happy and droll comparison was met with a great roar of laughter and of applause that ran... | |
 | Edgar Sanderson - 1897 - 412 pages
...though Mrs. Partington's spirit was up, the ocean won the battle. " She was excellent ", said Smith, "at a slop or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." The excitement of the time called forth into view and action all the disorderly part of society. Not... | |
 | Frances W. Lewis - 1900 - 334 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...puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. — SYDNEY SMITH. 2. Think'stthou there were no poets till Dan Chaucer? No heart burning with a great... | |
 | 1901 - 356 pages
...could boast her triumphs, but failed completely when she attempted to brush back the Atlantic Ocean — "she was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should never have meddled with a tempest." Had Dr. Blake been content to relate in plain and unaffected language... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1902 - 714 pages
...house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused....your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partiugton. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the... | |
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