 In the midst of 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 out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic...  The Quarterly Review - Page 297edited by - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean ! The Atlantic was roused ; Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. 4. ADDRESS TO TIIE YOUNG MEN OP ITALY. — Joseph lUatsini. The following extract, translated from... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean ! The Atlantic wns roused ; Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. 4. ADDRESS TO THE YOUNG MEN OF HALT.— Joteph AfoKini. The following extract, translated from the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1852 - 246 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused ; Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | 1852 - 498 pages
...Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell yon that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...pushing away the Atlantic Ocean ! The Atlantic was roused ; Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I nced not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was exeellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at... | |
 | 1853 - 404 pages
...sea water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. PHAETHON, OR THE AMATEUR COACHMAN.— JOHN G. SAXJS. DAN Phabthon, — so the histories run, — Was... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at your case — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. LV.— PLEA OF SERGEANT BUZFUZ, IN " BARBELL... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...sea water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused; Mrs. Partiugtou's spirit was up; but I need not tell you that the contest...a puddle ; but she should not have meddled with a tempest.1 CHIMNEY SWEEPS. We have been thus particular in stating the case of the chimney sweepers,... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean ! The Atlantic was roused ; Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. 4. ADDRESS TO THE YOCNG MEN OF ITALY.— Jostph Mailini. The following extract, translated from the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1855 - 610 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up, but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partiugton. She was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest.... | |
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