Date: 1810, 1820
"Though slow to entertain thoughts of love, as soon as he perceives the partiality of his ward, it enters his breast like a torrent when the flood-gates are opened."
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Date: 1812
The realms of mind are ruled by shades
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Date: 1812
Fancy may be kindled
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Date: 1814
"The mind of a child is like the acorn; its powers are folded up, they do not yet appear, but they are all there."
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Date: 1814
"Instruction is the food of the mind; it is like the dew and the rain and the rich soil."
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Date: 1825
"One passion ruled despotic in her breast, / In every word, and look, and thought confest."
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Date: 1825
The "searching mind" may make "keen glances"
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Date: 1825
"What powers lie folded in thy curious frame,-- / Senses from objects locked, and mind from thought! "
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Date: 1825
The "ethereal mind" may be clouded
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Date: 1825
The mind may be sick and impatient
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