"In a man's letters, you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process."
Letter to Hester Thrale (October 27, 1777)
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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See also <u>The Works of Samuel Johnson</u>, 2 vols. (New York: Alexander V. Blake, 1846).