Sidmouth and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the 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 everything was threatened with... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Pagina 475geredigeerd door - 1844Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pagina’s
...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...height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...reform reminds me very foreibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the exeellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of...height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pagina’s
...the lords to stop the progress of reform reminds ine very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...— the waves rushed in upon the houses— and every thing was threatened with destruction. Tn the midst of this sublime storm, Dame Partington, who lived... | |
| 1853 - 404 pagina’s
...the lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidinouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington,... | |
| 1853 - 458 pagina’s
...me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partinglon on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set...a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to au incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction.... | |
| 1854 - 576 pagina’s
...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...occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flow! upon that town ; the tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1855 - 610 pagina’s
...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...height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington,... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1856 - 502 pagina’s
...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...rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in * Reported in the Taunton Courier, Oct. 12, 1831. upon the houses, and even-thing was threatened with... | |
| John Timbs - 1857 - 444 pagina’s
...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...height, the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 pagina’s
...of the lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmoutn, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington...upon that town — the tide rose to an 'incredible hight — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. 5.... | |
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