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A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith
Letters 1842
Sydney Smith to Georgiana Vernon Harcourt [Malcolm], 7 July 1842
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Green-street, July 7th, 1842.
Dear Georgiana,

What a pretty name is Georgiana! Many people would say, what a pretty name Georgiana is! but this would be inelegant; and it is more tolerable to be slovenly in dress than in style. Dress covers the mortal body, and adorns it, but style is the vehicle of the spirit.

Now, touching our stay with you, dear young lady, you said, “Stay longer: one day is not enough;” and I myself think such a sojourning hasty and fugacious. It all comes from my modesty; but Mrs. Sydney tells me I am endurable for two days, so we will stay with
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you till Friday morning after breakfast, you and my Lord being willing, which I shall suppose you are, unless I hear to the contrary.

I have many other things to say to you, but I postpone them till we meet. It is time to put an end to my paper volubility, and you know how I always end my letters by telling you (and the problems of Euclid are not more true) that I am your affectionate friend,

Sydney Smith.