Daniel Webster struck me much like a steam-engine in trousers.
-- Sydney Smith (1769-1845)
-- Lady Holland's Memoir, Vol. i, p. 267
-- Sydney Smith (1769-1845)
-- Lady Holland's Memoir, Vol. i, p. 267
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- Heat, ma'am!" I said; "it was so dreadful here, that I found there
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Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir... - We cultivate literature on a little oatmeal.
-- Sydney Smith (1769-1845)
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Lady Holland's Memoir, Vol. i, p.... - Ah, you flavour everything; you are the vanilla of society.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir... - As the French say, there are three sexes,--men, women,
and clergymen. -- Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady... - Avoid shame, but do not seek glory,--nothing so expensive as glory.
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the faith that is within him.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir... - It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch
understanding.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir... - Looked as if she had walked straight out of the ark.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir... - Not body enough to cover his mind decently with; his intellect is
improperly exposed.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir...
