Quote#Nature
You will, I trust, resemble a forest plant, which has, indeed, by…
Quote byWalter Scott · 1771–1832
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Redgauntlet (1824), Ch. 9..
English (original)
You will, I trust, resemble a forest plant, which has, indeed, by some accident, been brought up in the greenhouse, and thus rendered delicate and effeminate, but which regains its native firmness and tenacity, when exposed for a season to the winter air.
— Walter Scott
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