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A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith
Letters 1842
Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 16 March 1842
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Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
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Green-street, March 16th, 1842.
My dear Lady Grey,

A most melancholy occurrence,—the death of poor Singleton! So unexpected, and so premature! He was an excellent specimen of an English clergyman, and I most heartily and sincerely regret his loss. We shall be very glad to see you here. This is the spot, I am convinced, where all the evils of life are soonest forgotten and most easily endured.

I have no news to tell you. We are all talking here of India and Income; the one circumscribed by the Affghans, and the other by Peel. The Duke of Norfolk is dead.

John Grey seems to be a very sensible, pleasing

* Now the Earl of Ellesmere.

464MEMOIR OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH.
young man. His refusal of the living of Sunbury convinces me that he is not fond of gudgeon-fishing. I had figured to myself you and Lord Grey and myself engaged in that occupation upon the river Thames.

S. S.