Dear Holland—I am
only at broth at present, but Lyddon thinks I shall get to
pudding to-morrow, and mutton-chops the next day. I long for promotion.
Yours affectionately,
Sydney Smith.
Sir Henry Holland, first baronet (1788-1873)
English physician and frequenter of Holland House, the author of Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia etc. during 1812 and
1813 (1814) and Recollections of Past Life (1872). His
second wife, Saba, was the daughter of Sydney Smith.
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Authors:
Saba Holland; Sarah Austin
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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