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Date: 1794

"I shuddered at the possibility of his having overheard the words of my soliloquy. But this idea, alarming as it was, had not the power immediately to suspend the career of my reflections"

— Godwin, William (1756-1836)

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Date: 1794

"I would not shackle you with fetters of suspicion; I would have you governed by justice and reason."

— Godwin, William (1756-1836)

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Date: 1796

"The trial is dangerous; he is just at that period of life when the passions are most vigorous, unbridled, and despotic."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

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Date: 1796

"He thought of his union with Antonia; he thought of the obstacles which might oppose his wishes; and a thousand changing visions floated before his fancy, sad 'tis true, but not unpleasing."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

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Date: 1796

"Who but myself has passed the ordeal of youth, yet sees no single stain upon his conscience?"

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

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Date: 1796

"No longer sustained by the violence of his passions, he feels all the monotony of his way of living, and his heart becomes the prey of ennui and weariness."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

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Date: 1796

"You know not the power of those irresistible, those fatal sentiments to which her heart was a prey."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

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Date: 1796

"I was conscious that there was no longer a void in my heart; that I had found the man whom I had sought till then, in vain."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

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Date: 1796

"He remembered the many happy hours which he had passed in Rosario's society; and dreaded that void in his heart which parting with him would occasion."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

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Date: 1796

"As this last idea passed through his imagination, a blush spread itself over his cheek."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

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