 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - Počet stránok 432
...moral world. If we cry like children for the m6on, like children we must cry 6n. 3. I do not mean to be disrespectful ; but the attempt of the Lords to stop...occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great fl6od upon that town ; the tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - Počet stránok 408
...illustrated by the Rev. Sydney Smith's Speech, at Taunton, October, 1831, in the following passage : — "The attempt of the 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 occasion. In the winter of 1824,... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - Počet stránok 462
...become somewhat celebrated : u I do not mean to be disrespectful ; but the attempt of the Lords to atop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in... | |
 | 1872 - Počet stránok 556
...MRS. PARTINGTON. I DO not mean to be disrespectful, but he attempt of the Lords to stop the pro;ress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of he conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partingon on that occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - Počet stránok 580
...great storm off Sidmouth, and of tho conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on tlmt occasion. In tho winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town; tho tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upon tho houses, and everything was threatened... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - Počet stránok 262
...STORY OP MRS. PARTINOTOK. " I do not mean to bo disrespectful, but tho attempt of tho Lords to stop tho progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of tho conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In tho winter of 1824 there set in a... | |
 | Henry Ward Siglar - 1874 - Počet stránok 204
...steep course ? 9. We can inform Jonathan of the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory. 10. The attempt of the lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partiugton on the occasion of the great storm of Sidmouth. QUESTIONS.—... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - Počet stránok 558
...of the Rev. Sydney Smith in favor of Reform in the British House of Commons: " I do not mean to be disrespectful ; but the attempt of the Lords to stop...reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Siclmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824... | |
 | James Routledge - 1876 - Počet stránok 650
...hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop...the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rusher! in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime... | |
 | Henry Major - 1876 - Počet stránok 784
...The following is an amusing illustration of the incongruous and humourous: — " I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop...Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there aet in a great flood npon that town ; the tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upon... | |
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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. 
