| 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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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...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,... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1844 - 388 페이지
...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... | |
| 1844 - 671 페이지
...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, reminds 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,... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 페이지
...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 페이지
...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...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,... | |
| Henry Allon - 1885 - 530 페이지
...verified Sydney Smith's political sagacity. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of Ihe Lords to stop the 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 winter of 1824... | |
| Henry Brewster Stanton - 1849 - 412 페이지
...is likely to be immortal in both hemispheres. In the course of his speech, the witty divine said: " I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt...reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on the occasion. In the winter of 1824,... | |
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