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They are forced plants, raised in a hot-bed; and they are poor plants; they are but cucumbers after all.

Source: Referring to Gray's Odes. Life of Johnson, (J. Boswell), Vol. IV
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.


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