"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"In discussing these exceptions from the course of nature, the first question is, whether the fact be justly stated. That which is strange is delightful, and a pleasing error is not willingly detected."
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Source: Samuel Johnson, Queen Victoria, Neil Munro (2014). “Journeys in Scotland: Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland, Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, The Clyde: River and Firth”, p.37, Palimpsest Book Production Limited
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