"Cultivated ground has few weeds; a mind occupied by lawful business, has little room for useless regret."
Letter to Mrs. Thrale (April 5, 1781)
See <u>Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which are Added Some Poems Never Before Printed. Published from the Original MSS. in her Possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi.</u> 2 vols. (London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1788).
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