Twelve Miles from a Lemon: Selected Writings of Sydney Smith

by Norman Taylor and Reverend Sydney Smith

There are those who say that the Reverend Sydney Smith ought to be made a saint of the Church of England. There are those who say that he jested away his chances of a mitre. There are those who simply read him and laugh. Sydney Smith was not only a humorist. He was a respected clergyman who worked steadily for Roman Catholic emancipation despite his own staunch Anglicanism. In 1802 he helped to found The Edinburgh Review, which became one of the most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718829514
• ISBN13: 9780718829513
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.4"