Robert Smith Surtees
Robert Smith Surtees
Robert Smith Surteeswas an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
horse secret riding
There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.
dirty hunting looks
Women never look so well as when one comes in wet and dirty from hunting.
dance real thinking
Some think that people come to a ball to do nothing but dance; whereas everyone knows that the real business of a ball is to look out for a wife, to look after a wife, or to look after someone else's wife...
would-be enjoyment pleasant
Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.
horse hounds
The horse loves the hound, and I loves both.
foxes
It ar'n't that I loves the fox less, but that I loves the 'ound more.
horse men secret
There is no secret closer than what passes between a man and his horse
able three lawyer
There are three sorts of lawyers - able, unable and lamentable.
frightened
Better be killed than frightened to death.
speak praise dealer
It is an inwariable rule with the dealers to praise the bad points and let the good 'uns speak for themselves.