"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"I wish you would add an index rerum, that when the reader recollects any incident he may easily find it."
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Source: James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1868). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including His Tour to the Hebrides, Correspondence with Mrs. Thrale, &c. With Numerous Additions”, p.273
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