 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...  A System of Rhetoric - Page 85by Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 673 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 - 1832 - 644 pages
...that town, the tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this...the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partiugton's spirit was up, but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean... | |
 | 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 - 654 pages
...that town, the tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this...vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic wax roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up, but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal.... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1832 - 720 pages
...at Sidmouth. A great flood set in upon the town — the waves rushed into the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this...her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, sweeping out the sea water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic. The Atlantic was raised and so... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1832 - 250 pages
...destruction. In the midst of the fearful commotion of the elements, Dame Partington, who lived upon' the sea beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens, trundling her mop and sweeping out the sea water, and vigorously pushing back the Atlantic. The Atlantic was roused,... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1832 - 278 pages
...destruction. In the midst of the fearful commotion of the elements, Dame Partington, who lived upon the sea beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens, trundling her mop and sweeping out the sea water, and vigorously pushing back the Atlantic. The Atlantic was roused,... | |
 | 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 - 650 pages
...that town, the tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dume Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens,... | |
 | 1844 - 698 pages
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 | Sydney Smith - 1840 - 424 pages
...— 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 this...the Atlantic Ocean. 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... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 388 pages
...— the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the hoo«es, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this...beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and patterns, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic... | |
 | 1844 - 671 pages
...Urwa, — the tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upun the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, vrha lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her liouse with mop and pattens, trnndling her mop,... | |
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