 | Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 262 ページ
...squeezing out tho 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 tho contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop or a... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1874 - 346 ページ
...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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 380 ページ
...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...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,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 ページ
...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...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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 ページ
...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...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. Illustrations... | |
 | Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 ページ
...her mop, squeezing out the seawater, and pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused, Mrs. Partington's spirit was up, but I need not tell...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,... | |
 | James Routledge - 1876 - 680 ページ
...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...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,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1876 - 784 ページ
...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...unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but slio should not have meddled with a tempest." — S.... | |
 | Robert Skakel Knight - 1876 - 192 ページ
...water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting, ton's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest...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. MOUNTAINS.... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1877 - 576 ページ
...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...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,... | |
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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... 
