were not, as you suppose, written by me, but by a
neighbouring curate. They have had an excellent effect. There is one from
Miss Swing, threatening to destroy
crimping-irons for caps, and washing machines, and patent tea-kettles; vowing
vengeance also on the new bodkin which makes two holes instead of one.
Justices’ wives are agitated, and female constables
have been sworn in. Ever yours,
Title:A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a
Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855).
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