 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
 | William Ernest Henley - 1896 - 414 sivua
...of impotent and senile prejudice. Also, a kind of Malaprop. 1831. SYDNEY SMITH, 'Speech at Taunton.' I do not mean to be disrespectful; but the attempt...reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sid* mouth, and the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824,... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 344 sivua
...feeble prig now, with not a pennyworth more brains than were in his head before his beard grew. ' ' "In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon the town of Sidmouth, the tide rose to a terrible height. In the midst of this sublime and terrible... | |
 | Amelia E. Barr - 1898 - 402 sivua
...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....1824, there set in a great flood upon that town ; the waves rushed in upon the houses ; and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this... | |
 | Amelia E. Barr - 1899 - 400 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...Reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm at Sidtnouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of... | |
 | 1898 - 232 sivua
...reminds me very forcibly of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington in the great storm off Sidmouth. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great flood upon that town ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1898 - 450 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 of the Lords to atop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 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...Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. 1'art ington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town, —... | |
 | Thomas Francis Moran - 1903 - 418 sivua
...the efforts of the lords and those of good Dame Partington. " The attempt of the lords," he said, " 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... | |
 | 1902 - 438 sivua
...such measures but unmixed good and real increase of strength to our Establishment MRS. PARrINGTON. I DO not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt...winter of 1824 there set in a great flood upon that town—the tide rose to an incredible height—the waves rushed in upon the houses —and every thing... | |
 | Mildred Lewis Rutherford - 1906 - 806 sivua
...a speech delivered at Taunton he ridiculed the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform. *'I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt...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... | |
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