 The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting-ton'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,...  Lord John Russell - Сторінка 80автори: Stuart Johnson Reid - 1895 - 381 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 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 - 1832 - 644 стор.
...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.' We accept the reverend jester's illustration. The sea (which he somewhat iingeo. graphically calls... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1840 - 424 стор.
...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, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 388 стор.
...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, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 стор.
...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 Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1885 - 530 стор.
...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. The Atlantic has been roused recently. Mrs. Partington has tried, not to drive back the advancing waters,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 368 стор.
...Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she could not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. They tell you, gentlemen, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | 1852 - 498 стор.
...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, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1852 - 246 стор.
...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, in the debates by which we have been lately occupied, that the bill is not... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 стор.
...Partington. She was exeellent 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. 4. ADDRESS TO THE YOUNG MEN OF ITALY. Joseph Mazzini. The following extract, translated from the Italian,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 стор.
...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. 4. ADDRESS TO THE YOUNG MEN OF HALT.— Joteph AfoKini. The following extract, translated from the... | |
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