Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . again. He used all his interest to getthe Government stirred up to fit out another expedition ;and among others, the Lord Advocate was to be appliedto, to bespeak his good offices. The mutual friend whoundertook to do Captain Rosss errand to Jeffrey arrivedat an unfortunate moment. Jeffrey was in delicate 39° Harriet Martineau health at that lime, and made a great point of iiisdaily ride ; and when th
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . again. He used all his interest to getthe Government stirred up to fit out another expedition ;and among others, the Lord Advocate was to be appliedto, to bespeak his good offices. The mutual friend whoundertook to do Captain Rosss errand to Jeffrey arrivedat an unfortunate moment. Jeffrey was in delicate 39° Harriet Martineau health at that lime, and made a great point of iiisdaily ride ; and when the applicant reached his door,he was putting his foot in the stirrup, and did not wantto be detained. So he pished and pshawed, and carednothing for the North Pole, and at length damned applicant spoke angrily about it to Sydney Smith,wishing that Jefifrey would take care what he was about,and use more civil language. What do you think hesaid to me ? cried the complainant. Why, he damnedthe North Pole! Well, never mind I never mind ! saidSydney Smith, soothingly. Never mind his damningthe North Pole. / have heard him speak disrespectfullyof the Kquator. , p,.on, (he Autobiography:). HARRIET MARTINEAU. From the Portrait (1834) by Richard Evans in the National Portrait Gallerj. The Year of the Comet [1811].The preceding winter had been intensely cold : snowhad choked up the mail roads, and buried thousands ofsheep among the hills, and lain heavy on the hearts ofthousands of weary families who were already chilledwith hunger, and could no more buy fuel than they couldclothe themselves in furs. The Thames was veiy nearlyfro/en over that winter. The spring was backward ; andthen the heats came rushing on, with more disastrouseffect than the storms of winter. The meadows werejiarched up before any grass had been obtained ; thesprings ran dry. Church towers were struck by light-ning, and the bells melted. Cattle and men werefound scorched in the fields; and if a fire occurred,t
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