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In an orchard there should be enough to eat, enough to lay up, enough to be stolen, and enough to rot on the ground.

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James Boswell
Age: 54 †
Born: 1740
Born: October 18
Died: 1795
Died: May 19
Biographer
Diarist
Lawyer
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
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Enough
Orchard
Stolen
Lays
Fruit
Ground
Tree

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