 | 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 - 644 pages
...following illustration of the fruitlessness of the resistance of the Lords : — ' 1 do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop...progress of Reform reminds me very forcibly of the great sturm at Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter... | |
 | 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 pages
...fallowing illustration of the fruitlessuess of the resistance of the Lords : — ' 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... | |
 | 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 - 654 pages
...following illustration of the fruitlessness of the resistance of the Lords : — ' 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... | |
 | 1844 - 671 pages
...Reform speech at Taunton, which is reported after this fashion. "I do not mean to be disrespectful, bat the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform,...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... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...notion that ever entered into human imagination. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attrmiit of the lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmnuth, and uf the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Parlington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 388 pages
...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 progress of reform, reminds Bc very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the eondnct of the excellent Mrs. Partington... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1885 - 530 pages
...verified Sydney Smith's political sagacity. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of Ihe Lords to stop the progress of Reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidnouth, and of the conduct of Ihe excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 368 pages
...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...Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1834, there set in a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves... | |
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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. 
