"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness . . ."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (1827). “Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous Corrections and with the Addition of Several Thousand Works and Also with Addition to the History of the Language and to the Grammar by H.J. Todd”, p.11
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