“No one knows how ungentlemanly he can look, until he has seen himself in a shocking bad hat.”
Source: Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds
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Famous Robert Smith Surtees Quotes
Source: The novels of R.S. Surtees
“Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.”
Source: Handley Cross: Or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt
“Women never look so well as when one comes in wet and dirty from hunting.”
Source: Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
“Three things I never lends - my 'oss, my wife, and my name.”
“More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.”
“There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.”
“There is no secret closer than what passes between a man and his horse”
“There are three sorts of lawyers - able, unable and lamentable.”
Source: Plain Or Ringlets?
“It ar'n't that I loves the fox less, but that I loves the 'ound more.”
“The country has its charms-cheapness for one.”
Source: Hillingdon Hall: Or, The Cockney Squire : a Tale of Country Life