 | 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 - English literature - 1832 - 644 pages
...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...her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused.... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1832 - 720 pages
...occasion of the great storm at Sidmouth. A great flood set in upon the town — the waves rushed into the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction....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 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 - English literature - 1832 - 650 pages
...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 everything was...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,... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - African Americans - 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, and... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - African Americans - 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, and... | |
 | 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...her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused.... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 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... | |
 | United States - 1844 - 671 pages
...in a great flood upon that Urwa, — the tide rose to an incredible height, the waves rushed in upun the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction....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 - Periodicals - 1844 - 610 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - Periodicals - 1844 - 626 pages
...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,... | |
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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... 
