"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Unintelligible language is a lantern without a light."
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Source: Samuel Johnson, Robert ARMITAGE (1850). “Doctor Johnson: his religious life and his death. By the author of “Dr. Hookwell,” etc. [Robert Armitage].”, p.456
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