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Date: 1747

The soul may let in "the baneful poison of repeated sin" as the snuff-taker does snuff

— Teft, Elizabeth (fl. 1741-7)

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Date: 1762

"I learnt, that when these people were first rescued out of their misery, their healths were much impaired, and their tempers more so: to restore the first, all medicinal care was taken, and air and exercise assisted greatly in their recovery; but to cure the malady of the mind, and conquer that ...

— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)

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Date: 1762

"She had learnt, that to give pain was immoral; and could no more have borne to have shocked any person's mind, than to have racked his body."

— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)

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Date: 1763

"How shall I, without wounding a passion which bears no restraint, hint to him my wishes, that he would sacrifice that love, which can only by its continuance make him wretched, to Lady Julia's peace of mind!"

— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

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Date: 1814

"They have injured the finest mind!--for sometimes, Fanny, I own to you, it does appear more than manner; it appears as if the mind itself was tainted."

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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Date: 1814

"After being nursed up at Mansfield, it was too late in the day to be hardened at Portsmouth; and though Sir Thomas, had he known all, might have thought his niece in the most promising way of being starved, both mind and body, into a much juster value for Mr. Crawford's good company and good for...

— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)

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