John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4871 Sydney Smith 1771-1845 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4871 |
| AUTHOR: | Sydney Smith (1771–1845) |
| QUOTATION: | “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.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lady Holland’s Memoir. Vol. i. p. 267. |