“I notice the arrival of the Rev. Sydney Smith by the “Great Western.’ I desire to offer him the
hospitality of
MEMOIR OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH.
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Riverside. You have been promising me a
visit; I propose to you that you invite him to come on with you on Monday or
Tuesday of next week, as may be most agreeable to you. I name that time, as we
propose a visit to Niagara, Toronto, etc., on the following week. Let me hear
from you as soon as convenient. I observe that your daughter has sailed for
Europe; we follow her with our best wishes.
“With best love to all yours, ever your affectionate
brother,
“G. W. Doane.”
Sydney Smith (1771-1845)
Clergyman, wit, and one of the original projectors of the Edinburgh
Review; afterwards lecturer in London and one of the Holland House
denizens.
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Saba Holland; Sarah Austin
Title:A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a
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