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Date: 1773

"Such were the working thoughts which swelled the breast / Of generous BOSWEL"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

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Date: 1773

Toil and danger "feed and ripen minds" (not "meats and drinks" or "balmy airs, and vernal suns and showers")

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

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Date: 1773

The mind may be "a never dying flame"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

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Date: 1773

The soul may submit to wear "her wonted yoke"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

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Date: 1773

"Sighs are incense from a heart sincere"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

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Date: 1773

An awful stillness may be breathed through the soul that, "As by a charm" causes "the waves of grief to subside" and stops the "headlong Tide" of "Impetuous Passion"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

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Date: 1773

The "hallowed bosoms" may "glow with purer flames"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

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Date: 1773

A scene may appear bright to Fancy's eye

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

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Date: 1773

Souls may be ripened in "our northern sky"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

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Date: 1773

The heart may be so fully blest that "it has no room to lodge another joy"

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)

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