 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1855 - 516 pages
...observe the utter want of perception of a joke in some minds. " Mrs. Jackson," he says, par exemple, "called the other day, and spoke of the oppressive...I found there was nothing left for it but to take ofi' my flesh and sit in my bones.' 'Take off your flesh and sit in your bones, sir. Oh ! Mr. Smith-!... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1855 - 880 pages
...on this head, he once said : " Heat, madam ; it was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones!" "Take off your flesh ! Oh, Mr. Smith," said the horrified lady, "how could you do that?" "Nothing more easy, ma'am ; come... | |
 | 1855 - 654 pages
...a joke in some minds. Sirs. Jackson called the other day, and spoke of the oppressive heat of list week. "Heat, ma'am," I said, "it was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing loft for it but to take off my flesh and eit in my ¿one»." "Take off your flesh and sit in your bone«,... | |
 | 1867 - 518 pages
...him of the oppressive heat of the week before, when he petrified her by exclaiming., " Heat, ma'am ! it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off mv flesh and sit in my bones." " Take off your flesh and sit in your bones, sir ! Oh, Mr. Smith ! how... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...\. p. 88. Daniel Webster struck me much like a steamengine in trousers. Vol. \.p. 267. Heat, ma'am ! it was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing...for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones. Vol. \.p. 267. 1 The whole nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1870 - 470 pages
...of a joke in come minds. Mrs. Jackson called the other day, and spoke of the oppressive heat of lost week. ' Heat, ma'am!' I said, ' it was so dreadful...was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and lit in my bones.' ' Take off your flesh and sit in your bones, sir! Oh ! Mr. Smith! how coald you do... | |
 | 1874 - 674 pages
...fearfully and wonderfully made." — AT ME. " Patience, and shuffle the cards." — PPC " Heat, ma'am ! it was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing...it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones." PROF. L-DS LECTURE ROOM. "I am nothing, if not critical." — HW-LL. " Oh ! that a man might know The... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...p. 88. Daniel Webster struck me much like a steamengine in trousers. Vol. \. p. 267. Heat, ma'am ! it was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing...for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones. Vol. \. p. 267. ' The whole nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pages
...p. CHABLOTTE SMITH— E!rgiar. Sonnets and Other Formt. Heat, ma'am! it was so dreadful here that 1 found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones. q. SYDNEY SMITH— ladij Holland's Memoir. Vol. IP 267. Then came the jolly sommer, being dight In... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 pages
...to cover his mind decently with." He once said of the heat, to a lady, " I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones." I wish they would allow me the wing of a roasted butterfly. When ill. A lady asked him for a motto... | |
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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. 
