 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...  The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith - Pàgina 105per Sydney Smith - 1844Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 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 pàgines
...the progress of Reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm at Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion....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,... | |
 | 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 pàgines
...the progress of Reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm at Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great fluod upon that town, the tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upon the houses, and... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1832 - 268 pàgines
...reminded him of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington, during the great storm at Sidmouth, in 1824. 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 the fearful commotion of the... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1832 - 278 pàgines
...Vim of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington, during the great storrn at Sidmouth, in 1824. 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 the fearful commotion of the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1840 - 424 pàgines
...the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion....incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pàgines
...me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmnuth, and uf the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Parlington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set...incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, anil every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible... | |
 | 1844 - 671 pàgines
...me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conductof the excellent Mrs. Paningtoa on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that Urwa, — the tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upun the houses, and everything... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1845 - 496 pàgines
...the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion....incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1885 - 530 pàgines
...progress of Reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidnouth, and of the conduct of Ihe excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the...incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and ternble storm,... | |
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