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Date: 1717

"Thy Heart, Courtwell, is like a Looking-Glass, it presently receives the Image of what is represented before it, and as soon loses it"

— Bullock, Christopher (bap. 1690, d. 1722)

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Date: 1717

"So very well Sweetheart; I am mightily troubled with Phlegm--od I took it a little too high for my Constitution, but every time I look upon you, I fancy my self but Eighteen, and my Heart springs in my Belly like a Bird in a Cage."

— Bullock, Christopher (bap. 1690, d. 1722)

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