One may "win and hold the Conquest of a Mind"

— Mitchell, Joseph (c. 1684-1738)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Harmen Noorthouck [etc.]
Date
1732
Metaphor
One may "win and hold the Conquest of a Mind"
Metaphor in Context
The other Lady, now arriv'd, address'd
The youthful Hero, and her Plea express'd
In different Manner, as of different Kind,
To win and hold the Conquest of a Mind.
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Joseph Mitchell, Poems on Several Occasions, 2 vols. (London: Harmen Noorthouck, 1732). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
02/06/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.