 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.  Exercises in English composition - Sivu 24tekijä(t) Robert Skakel Knight - 1876Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Henry Major - 1876 - 784 sivua
...or contempt (Bain). The following is an amusing illustration of the incongruous and humourous: — " I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt...Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there aet in a great flood npon that town ; the tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upon... | |
 | Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 sivua
...turn or tide, Must bait his hook with a good egg-pie, Or an apple with a red side. — BAY'S Proverbs. The attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of Reform reminds me very forcibly of the hailstorm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partingtou on the occasion. In the... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 sivua
...reform of Parliament, I hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination. at are not essential ; to be quibbling about wares rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction ! In the midst of this... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1877 - 560 sivua
...reform of Parliament, I hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt...occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great flood npon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height— the waves rushed in upon the houses, and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 sivua
...one of the happiest specimens of his peculiar humour : Story of 3frs. Partington. I do not mean to ho disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop...reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, ainl of the conduct of Ihe excellent Mrs. Partlugtoii ou that occasion. In the winUr of 18S4 UK-reset... | |
 | 1880 - 1178 sivua
...reform bill into Parliament, and meeting with such opposition. "1 do not mean," said Sydney Smith, " to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the lords...reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm atSidmouth, and the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on .that occasion. In the Winter of 1824... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 842 sivua
...the politics of the day. The following wellknown passage occurred in a speech of his at Tannton : " The attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm at Sidmonth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1871 - 618 sivua
...speech of Sydney Smith atTaunton, in the year 1831, on the Lords' rejection of the Reform Hill. — " The attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of 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... | |
 | George Shaw (author of Rambles about Filey.) - 1880 - 264 sivua
...uttered from a clergyman. It is in this speech that the following now celebrated passage occurs : — " The . attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of...reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm off Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 sivua
...: Story of Mrs. Partington. 1 do not mean to be disrespectful, hut Hie attempt of the Lords to rtop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth. and 01 the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Purtington on that occasion. In the wint r of 18-^4 there set... | |
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