 I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the lords to stop 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. In the winter of 1824 there set...  The Western Monthly - Sida 174redigerad av - 1869Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 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 sidor
...Smith gave the following illustration of the fruitlessness of the resistance of the Lords : — ' 1 do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of...progress of Reform reminds me very forcibly of the great sturm at Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter... | |
 | 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 sidor
...Sydney Smith gave the following illustration of the fruitlessness of the resistance of the Lords : — ' I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt...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... | |
 | 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 sidor
...Sydney Smith gave the fallowing illustration of the fruitlessuess of the resistance of the Lords : — ' I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt...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... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1840 - 424 sidor
...reform of Parliament, I hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt...upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In... | |
 | 1844 - 671 sidor
...Reform speech at Taunton, which is reported after this fashion. "I do not mean to be disrespectful, bat the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform,...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... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 388 sidor
...reform of Parliament, I hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt...the lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds Bc very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the eondnct of the excellent Mrs. Partington... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 sidor
...notion that ever entered into human imagination. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attrmiit of the lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds 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,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1845 - 496 sidor
...reform of Parliament, I hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt...upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and every thing was threatened with destruction. In... | |
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