 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. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen,...  The letters of Peter Plymley, essays, and speeches - Page 223by Sydney Smith - 1852 - 226 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...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...Be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. Then look at the gigantic Brougham, sworn in at twelve o'clock, and before six has a bill on the table... | |
 | William Dawbarn - 1871 - 296 pages
...the contest was unequal ; the Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. CONDUCT OF THE UNDERSTANDING. 215 She was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should...quiet and steady, you will beat Mrs. Partington." I question whether the powerful pen of Junius ever perpetrated a severer blow on his foes, than this... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a vlop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. BTDHKT SMITH. 64 TAXES THE PRICE OF GLORY. JOHN BULL can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 pages
...squeezing out the seawater, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was r6used. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up; but I need not tell...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. 4. " Poor Indians ! Where are they now ? Indeed, this is a truly afflicting consideration. The people... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 418 pages
...seawater, 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. " Poor Indians ! Where are they now ? Indeed, this is a truly afflicting consideration. The people... | |
 | Young men's Catholic assoc - 1873 - 302 pages
...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...quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." I have mentioned a saying of Dean Swift's, to the effect that if the British Parliament learned that... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1874 - 810 pages
...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...quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." * The ministry stood firm, although they were taunted with their continuance in power after they had... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 380 pages
...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...you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been recently occupied, that the bill is not justified by experience. I do not think this true ; but, if... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 pages
...Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused ; Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs....quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." At a time when a nation's passions were roused, this hypocatastasis, in which the wit says not that... | |
 | James Routledge - 1876 - 650 pages
...— 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...quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." And again : — " Stick to your Bill — it is your Magna Charta, and your Runnymede. King John made... | |
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