 The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting-ton'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 British Quarterly Review - עמוד 125נערך על ידי - 1885תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | James Richard Joy - 1902 - 302 דפים
...need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. Gent'emen, be at your ease; be quiet and steady; you will beat Mrs. Partington!" As soon as the Parliament reassembled in December, Lord John Russell offered the third Reform Bill.... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 728 דפים
...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...quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." [1831 AD] PARLIAMENT PROROGUED; NATIONAL EXCITEMENT (1831 AD) The ministry stood firm, although they... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1907 - 726 דפים
...house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused....quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." pssi AO] PARLIAMENT PROROGUED; NATIONAL EXCITEMENT (1831 AD) The ministry stood firm, although they... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 דפים
...house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused....be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. S. SMITH. — Speech on the Beform Bill. TOM BOWLING HE was a strong-built man, somewhat bandy-legged,... | |
 | Irvah Lester Winter - 1912 - 454 דפים
...the 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. CIRCUMSTANCE NOT A CAUSE From the same speech as the foregoing BY SIDNEY SMITH An honorable member... | |
 | Carolyn M. Gerrish, Margaret Cunningham - 1912 - 448 דפים
...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. — SYDNEY SMITH. In this selection, an analogy based on a resemblance of relations, the Lords, who... | |
 | James Ramsay Montagu Butler - 1914 - 498 דפים
...to sweep back the Atlantic, in the great storm of 1824. " The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." l But unfortunately Sydney Smiths have always been rare. Where unions existed, a point of assembly... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess - 1914 - 372 דפים
...Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. IC Gentlemen, be at your ease, — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. TAXES THE PRICE OF GLORY JOHN BULL can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being... | |
 | Charles Ryle Fay - 1920 - 344 דפים
...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...and steady — you will beat — Mrs Partington". (Stuart J. Reid, Life and Times of Sydney Smith, pp. 274-5.) * "The genuine depositaries of sober,... | |
 | George Macaulay Trevelyan - 1920 - 482 דפים
...Partington, ]\ sweeping back the Atlantic with her mop : The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up. But I need not tell you that the contest...quiet and steady — you will beat Mrs. Partington. As the reverend gentleman on the platform began, with dramatic force, ' trundling his imaginary mop... | |
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