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Date: 1810

"Love never made impression on her mind."

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1814

"Fanny thought exactly the same; and they were also quite agreed in their opinion of the lasting effect, the indelible impression, which such a disappointment must make on his mind."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1814

"He had suffered, and he had learnt to think, two advantages that he had never known before; and the self-reproach arising from the deplorable event in Wimpole Street, to which he felt himself accessary by all the dangerous intimacy of his unjustifiable theatre, made an impression on his mind whi...

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"Tilney says it is always the case with minds of a certain stamp."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1818

"As they walked home again, Mrs. Morland endeavoured to impress on her daughter's mind the happiness of having such steady well-wishers as Mr. and Mrs. Allen, and the very little consideration which the neglect or unkindness of slight acquaintance like the Tilneys ought to have with her, while sh...

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1819

"'In dreams the chosen of my heart I view'd, / 'And thus th' impression day by day renew'd"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1819

"'Yes, all are dreams; but some as we awake / 'Fly off at once, and no impression make; / 'Others are felt, and ere they quit the brain / 'Make such impression that they come again"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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