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A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith
Letters 1819
Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [15] August 1819
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Foston, August, 1819.
My dear Lady Grey,

I was just going to write to you or Lord Grey, to
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make inquiries about you;—first, because I had not heard of you for a long time; next, because somebody told me you were at Malvern, and I wanted an explanation of the proceeding. I am very sorry to find it explained as you have explained it. God send your object may be answered in going there!

I am very fond of Malvern; the double view from the top of the hill is one of the finest things I know. My father some years had a house some four miles from Malvern—Broomsbery, Mr. Yates’; so I know all the country perfectly well.

I was extremely sorry to miss you and Lord Grey in London, but you rose above the horizon just as I sank. You are both wise, prudent, and good, so I suppose you have done right in giving up your house; but I sincerely regret any change that lessens my chance of seeing you. I smiled when I came to that part of your letter where you state that Charles Earl Grey is thoroughly ennuyed with Malvern. I can thoroughly understand the effect which such a place would have upon him; I am sorry I am not near, to quiz and attack him.

I wish you and Lord Grey would pay us a visit, and see how happy people can be in a small, snug parsonage. I am a great farmer;—am improving, and losing less money than formerly. The crops are abundant everywhere, and, as we are free from manufactures, there are no complaints. The state of the clothing counties of the North (unless the cessation of the demand be temporary) will become truly alarming.

Sydney Smith.