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Sydney Smith Quote

Heat madam! It was so dreadful that I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.

Sydney Smith

Heat madam! It was so dreadful that I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.

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About Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith (3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English wit, writer, and Anglican cleric. Besides his energetic parochial work, he was known for his writing and philosophy, founding the Edinburgh Review, lecturing at the Royal Institution and remembered for his rhyming recipe for salad dressing.