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Date: 1778, 1779

"For oh, if this weak heart of mine had been penetrated with too deep an impression of his merit,--my peace and happiness had been lost for ever!"

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

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Date: 1777, 1780

"The images that impressed his sleeping fancy remained strongly on his mind waking; but his reason strove to disperse them; it was natural that the story he had heard should create these ideas, that they should wait on him in his sleep, and that every dream should bear some relation to his deceas...

— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)

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Date: 1777, 1780

"He made but little reply; but the impression sunk deep into his rancorous heart; every word in Edmund's behalf was like a poisoned arrow that rankled in the wound, and grew every day more inflamed."

— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)

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Date: 1782

"He knew that the acquaintance of Cecilia was confined to a circle of which he was himself the principal ornament, that she had rejected all the proposals of marriage which had hitherto been made to her, and, as he had sedulously watched her from her earliest years, he had reason to believe that ...

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

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Date: 1782

"At least it was worth trying; for though wrath slowly kindled or long nourished is sullen and intractable, the sudden anger that has not had time to impress the mind with a deep sense of injury, will, when gently managed, be sometimes appeased with the same quickness it is excited."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

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Date: 1782

"He found, however, that the present was no time for enforcing objections, and perceiving he had already gone too far, though he was by no means disposed to recant, he thought it most prudent to retreat, and let her meditate upon his exhortation while its impression was yet strong in her mind."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

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Date: 1782

"The representations of Mr. Monckton had cruelly mortified her; well acquainted with his knowledge of the world, and wholly unsuspicious of his selfish motives, she gave to his assertions involuntary credit, and even while she attempted to combat them, they made upon her mind an impression scarce...

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

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Date: 1782

"She made not, however, the least impression upon his mind; he assured her he doubted not giving her shortly a good account of himself, and that living in the country was a resource of desperation which need not be anticipated."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

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Date: 1782

"This letter contained a most passionate avowal of the impression she had made on his heart the preceding evening, and an angry complaint that Mr. Harrel had refused to hear his proposals."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

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Date: 1782

"She then went back to Mrs. Harrel, leaving, however, an impression upon the mind of Sir Robert, that made him no longer dare dispute her commands."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

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