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A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith
Letters 1826
Sydney Smith to Lord Grey, 16 February 1826
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Chapter I
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Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
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February 16th, 1826.
My dear Lord Grey,

There appeared, in the ‘Monthly Magazine’ (January), and was thence copied into several papers, ‘A Letter of Advice to the Clergy, by the Rev. Sydney Smith.’ It is a mere forgery; and I have ascertained that the author is a Mr. Nathaniel Ogle, of Southampton. May I beg the favour of you to inform me who Mr. Nathaniel Ogle is? I thought Nat. Ogle, the eldest son of the Dean, had been dead, and that the estate had passed to John. If you know anything of this gentleman, I should be obliged to you to inform me, and also to send me the address of the Rev. Henry Ogle.—Any attack of wit or argument is fair; but to publish letters in another man’s name is contra bonos mores, and cannot be allowed. I hope you are well, and bring with you to town a lady as well as yourself.

I have published a pamphlet in favour of the Pope, with my name, which I would send, but that it would cost you more than its price, being above weight, and sine pondere: but I cannot help writing; facit indignatio versus. Most truly yours,

Sydney Smith.