 | Robert Skakel Knight - 1876 - Počet stránok 192
...in upon the houses — and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach,...her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, and squeezing out the sea water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused.... | |
 | Henry Major - 1876 - Počet stránok 784
...that 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...sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived npon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - Počet stránok 870
...in upon the houses — and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime ast began to [louse with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, and squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing... | |
 | James Routledge - 1876 - Počet stránok 680
...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 sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partfngton, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1877 - Počet stránok 564
...that 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...and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-wate and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. Th Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1877 - Počet stránok 560
...town — the tide rose to an incredible height— the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything mselves, that the most refined ingenuity cannot long...them separate. "It gives the knowledge of salvation npon the beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - Počet stránok 522
...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...and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's... | |
 | George Hill - 1879 - Počet stránok 274
...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...and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1871 - Počet stránok 618
...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...and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - Počet stránok 842
...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...with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing ont the sea water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic wae roused. Mrs. Partington's... | |
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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 destruction. In the midst of this sublime and... 
