 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1904 - 888 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused ; Mrs Partington's d ^ (From a Speech at Taunton in 1831.) From Peter Plymley's Letters. The pope has not landed — nor... | |
 | 1902 - 438 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. DR. PARR'S SERMON. WHoEvER has had the good fortune to see Dr. Parr's wig, must have observed, that... | |
 | Mildred Lewis Rutherford - 1906 - 806 pages
...water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was aroused, Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...; but she should not have meddled with a tempest." In hearing that a young Scotchman was about to marry a very fat widow double his age, he exclaimed;... | |
 | 1906 - 810 pages
...foretold Sorrow to this, BYEON, When We Two Parted, st, i Partington — Passions 297 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, Speech on the Reform Bill, delivered at Taunton, Eng., Oct. 12, 1831 Parts. — All are... | |
 | Stuart Johnson Reid - 1906 - 480 pages
...own doors. CHAPTEE XI REFORM TRIUMPHANT The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up. Bat I need not tell you that the contest was unequal....puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Sydney Smith. 1831-1832 Rejection of the Bill by the Lords — Durham's visit to King Leopold — Provincial... | |
 | 1905 - 654 pages
...Mrs. Partington's spirit was up; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop,...puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." Fifty years later RA Kinglake, an eye-witness, describes this scene: " The introduction of the Partington... | |
 | Stuart Johnson Reid - 1906 - 564 pages
...up. But I need not tell you that 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. Sydney Smith. 1831-1832 Rejection of the Bill by the Lords — Durham's visit to King Leopold — Provincial... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1907 - 720 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...your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partmgton." PARLIAMENT PROROGUED; NATIONAL EXCITEMENT (1831 AD) The ministry stood firm, although they... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1907 - 318 pages
...the 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 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... | |
 | Delphian Society - 1911 - 586 pages
...seawater, 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. DR. PARR'S SERMON. WHOEVER has had the good fortune to see Dr. Parr's wig, must have observed, that... | |
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