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Date: 1791

"Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who, while he was chill, was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison."

— Boswell, James (1740-1795)

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Date: 1791

"In his soul was the serpent coil'd round in his heart, hid from the light, as in a cleft rock"

— Blake, William (1757-1827)

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Date: 1791

"This is that incense of the heart / Whose fragrance smells to heaven."

— Cotton, Nathaniel, the elder (1705-1788)

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Date: 1791

The mind may be oppress'd with "weight of care"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

The mind may be milky

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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The mind may be rent as when two adverse winds vex and blow the sable flood

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

Gods are "swift as the traveller's thought"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

"He spake, and at his words grief like a cloud / Involved the mind of Hector dark around"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

One may have a "milky mind"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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Date: 1791

The mind may feel "Terrour and consternation"

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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