 The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington'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 Works of Sydney Smith - Page 389by Sydney Smith - 1840Full 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 - 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... | |
 | 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...quiet 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 - 1848 - 522 pages
...tells us, there are but two things certain in this world — death and taxes. As for the possiblity of the House of Lords preventing ere long a reform...been lately occupied, that the bill is not justified b}7 experience. I do not think this true ; but if it were true, nations are sometimes compelled to... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - Great Britain - 1850 - 394 pages
...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...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 - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...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...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. 4. ADDRESS TO TIIE YOUNG MEN OP ITALY. — Joseph lUatsini. The following extract, translated from... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 498 pages
...Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell yon that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat...that the bill is not justified by experience. I do net 2 I think this true, but if it were true, nations are sometimes compelled to act without experience... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean ! The Atlantic wns roused ; Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was exeellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. 4. ADDRESS TO THE YOUNG MEN OF ITALY. Joseph Mazzini. The following extract, translated from the Italian,... | |
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