 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 - Стр. 85авторы: Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - Страниц: 673Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1844 - Страниц: 626
...town ; the tidu rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dome PARTINGTON, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1845 - Страниц: 496
...— 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. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1885 - Страниц: 530
...the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and ternble storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach,...mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out tha sea-water, and vitjorously'pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused ; Mrs Partington... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1847 - Страниц: 398
...overflow of houses and lands. " Dame Partington lived upon the beach, and in the midst of the storm she was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens,...the Atlantic ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but it need not be said the contest was unequal. The Atlantic ocean beat... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1848 - Страниц: 372
...overflow of houses and lands. " Dame Partington lived upon the beach, and in the midst of the storm she was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens,...the Atlantic ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but it need not be said the contest was unequal. The Atlantic ocean beat... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - 1849 - Страниц: 412
...that town—the tide rose to an incredible hight—the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this...her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop and squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused.... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - Страниц: 736
...town—the tide rose to on incredible height — the wavea rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction? In the midst of this...vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic wag routed. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up; bat I nocii not tell you that the contest was unequal.... | |
 | 1851 - Страниц: 554
...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...beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattcns, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - Страниц: 780
...in upon the houses — and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach,...her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, and squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused.... | |
 | 1851 - Страниц: 794
...Partington, " who lived upon the beach, and who, when the tide was rising to an incredible height, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop and squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean." Indeed, all her enemies... | |
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