That knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.

On Scotland.

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Smith, Sydney. Quoted in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by Saba Holland. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, ch. 2.

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A quote by Sydney Smith about scotland: “That knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.”

A quote by Sydney Smith about scotland: “That knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.”

A quote by Sydney Smith about scotland: “That knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.”