page 75 of 157     per page:
sorted by:

Date: w. December 1742, 1760

"Honour erected in thy breast its throne, / And kind Humanity was all thy own."

— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)

preview | full record

Date: w. 1739, 1742

"Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind."

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

preview | full record

Date: 1742

"Where heav'nly Reason with her temperate Light, / Teaches th'unbiass'd Mind to judge aright / There Property secure enjoys her own; / There Conscience sits untroubl'd on her Throne"

— Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)

preview | full record

Date: 1742

" But what supreme joy in the victories over vice as well as misery, when, by virtuous example or wise exhortation, our fellow-creatures are taught to govern their passions, reform their vices, and subdue their worst enemies, which inhabit within their own bosoms?"

— Hume, David (1711-1776)

preview | full record

Date: 1742

"Surely He shall the mourner cheer, / And make the broken heart His throne; / Shall break it first, and then bind up."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1742

"An Heart resign'd, submissive, meek, / My dear Redeemer's Throne, / Where only Christ is heard to speak, / Where Jesus reigns alone."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1742

"Come, gracious Lord, set up Thy Throne, / And reign within my Heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1742

"When Thou dost in my Heart appear, / And Love erects its Throne, / I then enjoy Salvation here, / And Heaven on Earth begun."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1742

"O Lord, my God, with shame I own / That other lords have sway'd, / Have in my heart set up their throne, / And abject I obey'd."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1742

"Enter my Heart, and fix Thy Throne / Thy Everlasting Presence there."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

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