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A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith
Letters 1841
Sydney Smith to Lady Holland, 3 January 1841
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Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
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Combe Florey, Jan. 3rd, 1841.
My dear Lady Holland,

I hope you are better than when I left town, and that you have found a house. I have had two months’ holiday from gout. Do not imagine I have forgotten my annual tribute of a cheese, but my carriage is in the hands of the doctor, and I have not been able to get to Taunton; for I cannot fall into that absurd English fashion of going in open carriages in the months of December and January,—seasons when I should prefer to go in a bottle, well corked and sealed.

The Hibberts are here, and the house full, light, and warm. Time goes on well. I do all I can to love the country, and endeavour to believe those poeti-

* Mrs. Sydney had been seriously ill, and he had been anxious she should try change of air.

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cal lies which I read in Rogers and others, on the subject; which said deviations from truth were, by Rogers, all written in St. James’s-place.

I have long since got rid of all ambition and wish for distinctions, and am much happier for it. The journey is nearly over, and I am careless and good-humoured; at least good-humoured for me, as it is not an attribute which has been largely conceded to me by Providence.

Accept my affectionate and sincere good wishes.

Sydney Smith.