 | Joseph Blunt - 1832 - 720 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 388 Seiten
...upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the hoo«es, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In...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... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1844 - 626 Seiten
...PARTINGTON on that occasion. In the whiter of 1824 there eet in a great flood upon that town ; the tidu rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in...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,... | |
 | 1844 - 671 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1844 - 610 Seiten
...town ; the tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thin;; was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame PARTINRTON, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens, trundling... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1885 - 530 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - 1849 - 412 Seiten
...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.... | |
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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 with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and... 
