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Date: 1733

The "fond Breast" may be populated by "jealous Demons"

— Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley [née Lady Mary Pierrepont] (1689-1762)

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"[S]prightly Wit, that all admire," may be "an unlicens'd lawless Fire"

— Chandler, Mary (1687-1745)

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"And happy He, that with prevailing Art / Could gain a Conquest o'er her Virgin Heart"

— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

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One may "Conquer all Hearts without designing"

— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

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"[M]eeting virtues" may be "perfectly imprest / On sacred Sheets, in thy Ethereal Breast"

— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

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"Such is Clemene, when her Mind / Is to invading Grief resign'd."

— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

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"One beauteous Form has struck upon the Mind, / A sweet Impression, casual, or design'd."

— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

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"The deep Impression in my Soul was made, / When first I listen'd in the Jess'min Shade."

— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

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"Th' instructive Theme is wrought with so much Art, / I'll wear the golden Precepts in my Heart."

— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

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"Content is grown a Stranger to my Breast"

— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

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