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A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith
Letters 1831
Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [6] December 1831
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20, Saville-row, December, 1831.
My dear Lady Grey,

I went to the debate. Lord —— and Lord —— were horrible! I wish apologies were abolished by Act of Parliament. They are all children to Lord

* A beautiful song, which Mr. Smith had much admired when hearing it sung at Saltram by Lady E. Bulteel.

MEMOIR OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH.331
Grey. He made an excellent speech, as prudent as it was spirited.

I submit the following little criticisms. Lord Grey should stand further from the bench, and more in the body of the house; should stand more upright, and raise his arm (which no Englishman does, and all foreigners do) from the shoulder, and not from the elbow. But he speaks beautifully, and is a torch among tapers. Next to Lord Grey, I like Lord Harrowby; Lord —— speaks like a schoolboy. The whole debate was rather conciliatory. Yours affectionately,

Sydney Smith.