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Date: 1736

"Weighty cares may "the pensive Mind invade"

— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)

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Date: 1737

"'If passion once invade the female mind, / '(Tenacious sex!) in vain would mortal art / 'Wrench the warm weapon from the bleeding heart."

— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)

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Date: 1742

God may "conquer my rebellious will, / And bid my murmuring heart 'Be Still.'"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1743

"Give, the Soul's Conquest, in the Plan's Extent"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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Date: 1743

"But Passion's Phalanx, no calm Influence breaks; / Truth, till strong-mounted, ev'ry Danger shakes."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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