 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 oldal
...squeezing out the 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...unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. Speech at Taunton, 1831. Men who prefer any load of infamy, however great, to any pressure of taxation,... | |
 | 1869 - 438 oldal
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocein. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington 's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." This speech is reprinted in the collected editions of Sydney Smith's И or As. Unless an allusion to... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 486 oldal
...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....a tempest. Gentlemen, be at your ease — be quiet aud steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." IN translating the Scriptures into the pagan languages,... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1869 - 926 oldal
...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....puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Geutlemen, be at your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." IN translating... | |
 | Sabin J. and sons - 1869 - 466 oldal
...squeezing out the 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...Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent ata slop or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." This speech is reprinted in... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869 - 368 oldal
...Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need nottell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop...puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." The Americans, however, lay claim to the first use of the Partington and Mop image ; she has latterly... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1870 - 842 oldal
...squeezing out the 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...have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at your ease—be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 340 oldal
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partingtorrs spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at youiease ; be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." 9. MURDERING A TUNE. — Foote once... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1871 - 820 oldal
...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...puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." This is inimitably humorous ; and it would have been' well for any competent person to expand in detail... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 oldal
...out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. 6. The Atlantic was roused ; Mrs. Partington's spirit was up: but I need not tell you...Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a vlop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at your ease — be... | |
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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... 
