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Date: 1793

Every heart may be in a prance

— Macklin, Charles (1697-1797)

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Date: 1794

"No--no!--no man's temper's more mild, when taken at a proper season, but now his head's as crowded as a newspaper, and in as much confusion as your work-bag, what with the thoughts of his new varnish, and the expectation of Mr. Vapour,--I'll speak to him for you."

— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834)

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Date: 1795, 1796

The "contemplative hour must sometimes exist to a mind of your stamp"

— Timaeus, J. J. (1763-1809); Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)

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Date: 1795, 1796

"Let this mark of elasticity of mind be stamped on the annals of truth"

— Timaeus, J. J. (1763-1809); Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)

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Date: 1795, 1796

"Do not stamp upon your heart a calumny which it does not deserve"

— Timaeus, J. J. (1763-1809); Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)

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Date: 1795

One may have a heart of the noblest stamp

— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)

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Date: 1795

"Thus let it stamp upon my heart a son's obedience; and to oblivion give each hostile thought!"

— Morton, Thomas (1764-1838)

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Date: 1796

"A plague on stoicks! / I cannot hoop my heart about with iron, / Like an old beer-butt"

— Colman, George, the younger (1762-1836)

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Date: 1796

"Does not the hope of that fill our universities with blockheads--and cram our courts full of barristers, with heads as empty as they leave their clients' pockets?"

— Morton, Thomas (1764-1838)

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Date: February 2, 1796

"But hope is the string that rides a sailor's heart--So, heave a-head, my lads."

— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834)

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