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The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Cambridge Library Collection

Sydney Smith is described in his ODNB entry as ‘author and wit’, which somewhat overlooks the day job as a clergyman. In the two-volume ‘life and letters’ published in 1855 by his daughter Saba (a name he invented himself), she … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, English Men of Letters, Literary Studies | Tagged Henry Holland, nineteenth-century social history, Sydney Smith | 2 Comments

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