Heat, Ma'am!" I Said; "it Was So Dreadful Here, That I Found There Was Nothing Left For It But To Take Off My Flesh And Sit In My Bones.

Heat, Ma'am!" I Said; "it Was So Dreadful Here, That I Found There Was Nothing Left For It But To Take Off My Flesh And Sit In My Bones.

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"Heat, ma'am!" I said; "it was so dreadful here, that I found there
was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones."
-- Sydney Smith (1769-1845)
-- Lady Holland's Memoir, Vol. i, p. 267

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