 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...of the Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...of the Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...reform reminds me very foreibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the exeellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of...this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was scen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squcezing... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 498 pages
...the lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Catholic emancipation - 1852 - 246 pages
...of the Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction ! In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...the lords to stop the progress of reform reminds ine very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...height — the waves rushed in upon the houses— and every thing was threatened with destruction. Tn the midst of this sublime storm, Dame Partington, who... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partinglon on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set...a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to au incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction.... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...of the Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flow! upon that town ; the tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1855 - 610 pages
...of the Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mops and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Authors, English - 1856 - 502 pages
...the lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in * Reported in the Taunton Courier, Oct. 12, 1831. upon the houses, and even-thing was threatened with... | |
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Sidmouth and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. 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... 
