 | 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 - 1832 - 650 страници
...of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great fluod upon that town, the tide rose to an incredible height,...destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dume Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens,... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1832 - 278 страници
...Vim of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington, during the great storrn at Sidmouth, in 1824. The tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of the fearful commotion of the elements,... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1832 - 268 страници
...reminded him of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington, during the great storm at Sidmouth, in 1824. The tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of the fearful commotion of the elements,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1840 - 424 страници
...forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great...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 - 1844 - 348 страници
...forcibly of the great storm of Sidmnuth, and uf the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Parlington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great...incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, anil every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm.... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 388 страници
...forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the eondnct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great...incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the hoo«es, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible... | |
 | 1844 - 671 страници
...forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conductof the excellent Mrs. Paningtoa on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that Urwa, — the tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upun the houses, and everything... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1844 - 610 страници
...town ; the tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thin;; was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame PARTINRTON, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens, trundling... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1885 - 530 страници
...forcibly of the great storm of Sidnouth, and of the conduct of Ihe excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great...with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and ternble storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop... | |
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I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt 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 on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there... 
