 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - Počet stránok 344
...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 - 1899 - Počet stránok 400
...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... | |
 | Amelia E. Barr - 1898 - Počet stránok 402
...Christendom : — most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop...Reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm at Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of... | |
 | 1898 - Počet stránok 232
...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... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - Počet stránok 616
...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...Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. 1'art ington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town, —... | |
 | Thomas Francis Moran - 1903 - Počet stránok 418
...the efforts of the lords and those of good Dame Partington. " The attempt of the lords," he said, " 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 on that occasion. In the winter of... | |
 | 1902 - Počet stránok 438
...unmixed good and real increase of strength to our Establishment MRS. PARrINGTON. I DO not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the lords to stop...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 every thing... | |
 | Mildred Lewis Rutherford - 1906 - Počet stránok 806
...Taunton he ridiculed the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform. *'I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop...reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm at Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of... | |
 | Delphian Society - 1911 - Počet stránok 586
...unmixed good and real increase of strength to our Establishment. MRS. PARTINGTON. I DO not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the lords to stop...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 every thing... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess - 1914 - Počet stránok 372
...hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human 20 imagination. 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 25 flood upon that town ; the tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses,... | |
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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. 
