James Smith
English parody writer (1775–1839)
James Smith (10 February 1775 – 24 December 1839), along with his younger brother Horace Smith, wrote the Rejected Addresses.
Quotes
edit- No Drury Lane for you to-day.
- Rejected Addresses, "The Baby's Début", reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- I saw them go: one horse was blind,
The tails of both hung down behind,
Their shoes were on their feet.- Rejected Addresses, "The Baby's Début", reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Lax in their gaiters, laxer in their gait.
- The Theatre, reported under James Smith in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).