 | George Shaw (author of Rambles about Filey.) - 1880 - 264 páginas
...was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest." This speech produced an extraordinary impression, and pictures of Mrs. Partington with her mop speedily... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1871 - 618 páginas
...But I need not tell you, that the contest 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." This speech is reprinted in the collected edition of Sydney Smith's works ; and as this is, we believe,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 páginas
...but I need not tell yon that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocetui beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should not huv« meddled with a tempest. Illustrations of this kind arc highly characteristic of their author.... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 páginas
...But I need not tell yon that the contest 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." A " Curious Medley."— In Raikes's " Diary," December, 1832, occurs the following : " One of the effects... | |
 | Great orators - 1881 - 242 páginas
...But I need not tell you that the contest 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. Gentlemen, be at your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen,... | |
 | James Taylor - 1882 - 284 páginas
...but I need not tell you that the contest 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. Gentlemen, be at your ease ; be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington.' At the present emergency,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 páginas
...but I need not tell you that the contest 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. Gentlemen, be at your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. OHAPTEE XXXIV.-MISOELLANEOUS.... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 páginas
...but I need not tell you that the contest 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. Gentlemen, be at your ease, be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." Contrast with this... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 páginas
...but I need not tell you that the contest 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. Gentlemen, be at your ease, be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington." Contrast with this... | |
 | William Henry Kearley Wright - 1884 - 344 páginas
...but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partingtoo. She was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest ; be at your ease — be quiet and steady. Tou will beat Mrs. Partington." Both the writing of the... | |
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Partington's spirit was up; but I need not tell you that the contest 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. Gentlemen, be at your ease — be quiet... 
