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LETTERS
TO
Mr. JOHNSON.
LETTER I.
Dublin, April 14, [1787.]
Dear sir,
I AM still an invalid—and begin to believe that I ought never to expect to enjoy health. My mind preys on my body—and, when I endeavour to be useful, I grow too much interested for my own peace. Confined almost entirely to the society of children, I am anxiously solicitous for their future welfare, and mortified beyond measure,
when
