"I advised our Miss H--- to the same remedy, but have a notion her mind is haunted by one particular image; if so, nothing will cure her; for if the heart be broken 'tis broken like a looking-glass, and the smallest piece will for ever preserve and reflect the same figure till 'tis again ground down into a new mass."
Letter to Dr. Johnson. (August 30, 1783)
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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