 | George Henry Jennings - Anecdotes - 1880 - 842 pages
...of the Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm at Sidmonth, 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... | |
 | John Swinton - Industrial relations - 1895 - 576 pages
...alligator. Once upon a time the sea surged, and there set in a great flood, and the tide rose, and the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything...destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm (so says Sidney Smith) Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - English language - 1896 - 414 pages
...lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sid* mouth, and the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that...incredible height; the waves rushed in upon the houses; andeverythingwas threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime storm, Dame Partington,... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - Self-Help - 1896 - 344 pages
...feeble prig now, with not a pennyworth more brains than were in his head before his beard grew. ' ' "In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon the town of Sidmouth, the tide rose to a terrible height. In the midst of this sublime and terrible... | |
 | Amelia E. Barr - Great Britain - 1899 - 400 pages
...the Lords to stop the progress of Reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm at Sidtnouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...1824, there set in a great flood upon that town ; the waves rushed in upon the houses ; and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1898 - 232 pages
...reminds me very forcibly of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington in the great storm off Sidmouth. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great flood upon that town ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this... | |
 | Frances W. Lewis - English language - 1900 - 328 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...threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime storm Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens,... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - Orators - 1901 - 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 mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1901 - 456 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... | |
 | W. V. Byars - Oratory - 1901 - 616 pages
...very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. 1'art ington 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 pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing... | |
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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... 
