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Date: 1759

"Your Mate will quit this Honour-blasting Vice, / If he would be reputed good, and wise; / Reason, her Throne usurp'd, again will claim, / And Lust of Gaming yield to Love of Fame."

— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)

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Date: 1765

"Mere Affectation vainly would assert / A steady, lasting empire o'er the heart"

— Stevenson, William (1730-1783)

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