John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4855 Sydney Smith 1771-1845 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4855 |
| AUTHOR: | Sydney Smith (1771–1845) |
| QUOTATION: | No one minds what Jeffrey says:… it is not more than a week ago that I heard him speak disrespectfully of the equator. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lady Holland’s Memoir. Vol. i. p. 17. |