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The Smiths Never Had Any Arms, And Have Invariably Sealed Their Letters With Their Thumbs.
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The Smiths never had any arms, and have invariably sealed their letters
with their thumbs.
-- Sydney Smith (1769-1845)
-- Lady Holland's Memoir, Vol. i, p. 244
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