 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. In the winter of 1824, there...  The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith - Page 207by Sydney Smith - 1859 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1832 - 644 pages
...sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partiugton's spirit was up, but I need not tell you that the contest...quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington.' We accept the reverend jester's illustration. The sea (which he somewhat iingeo. graphically calls... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1832 - 654 pages
...mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic wax roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up, but I need...quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington.' We accept the reverend jester's illustration. The sea (which he somewhat ungeographically calls the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 348 pages
...was excellent at a slop, ora puddle . but she could not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, he at your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat...to act without experience for their guide, and to trun to their own sagacity for the anticipation of consequ'/nces. The instances where this country... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 348 pages
...unequal. The Allantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she could not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at...we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not justilied by experience. I do not think this true, but if it were true, nations are sometimes compelled... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1885 - 530 pages
...sea-water, and vitjorously'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. The Atlantic has been roused recently. Mrs. Partington has tried, not to drive back the advancing waters,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1874 - 714 pages
...The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Pttrtington. She was excellent in a slop or a puddle, but she should pot have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at your...quiet and steady— you will beat Mrs. Partington." Rn. Sydney Smüh'i Warb, vol. iii. pp. 75-76. WILLIAM PLATT. Conservative Club. ANCIENT ENGLISH SEES... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - Great Britain - 1850 - 394 pages
...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." A few riots gave diversity to the scene. At Derby, the mob demolished the property of some anti-reformers... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...feel, and for the best of all possible reasons, — because I have not the slightest idea that it is lost. I have no more doubt, before the expiration...be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. 4. ADDRESS TO TIIE YOUNG MEN OP ITALY. — Joseph lUatsini. The following extract, translated from... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Catholic emancipation - 1852 - 246 pages
...town ; the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction ! In the midst of...without experience for their guide, and to trust to then' own sagacity for the anticipation of consequences. The instances where this country has been... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 498 pages
...Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell yon that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat...that the bill is not justified by experience. I do net 2 I think this true, but if it were true, nations are sometimes compelled to act without experience... | |
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