Quotation by Hester Lynch Thrale

Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth.
Hester Lynch Thrale (1739–1821), British writer. Quoted in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, May 1781 (1791).

Later known as Hester Lynch Piozzi.
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