 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 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...this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and feathers, trundling her mop,... | |
 | John Timbs - History - 1869 - 368 pages
...Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm off Sidmouth, and the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that...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... | |
 | American literature - 1869 - 438 pages
...the Lords to stop the progress ot" reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...everything was threatened with destruction. In the midstof this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1869 - 424 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... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1869 - 926 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...flood upon that town. The tide rose to an incredible hight; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 486 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...flood upon that town. The tide rose to an incredible hight; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the... | |
 | Sabin J. and sons - 1869 - 466 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 on that occasion. In the winter ot 1814, there set in a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1870 - 416 pages
...me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partiugton on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set...this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and feathers, trundling her mop,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1870 - 340 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... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Oratory - 1870 - 420 pages
...the Lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm at Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...upon that town,— the tide rose to an incredible height,—the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the... | |
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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... 
