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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Genre:
"Prose Fiction"
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Literary Period:
"Eighteenth Century"
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"Romantic"
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Author name:
"Williams, Helen Maria (1759-1827)"
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Religion of Author:
"Dissenter or Nonconformist"
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Metaphor Category:
"Optics"
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Date: 1790
"The ruling passion of Mrs. Melbourne's soul was her love of her daughter; but it was carried to an excess that rendered it illiberal and selfish: her mind resembled a convex glass, and every ray of affection in her bosom was concentered in one small point."
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Date: 1790
"Her mind resembled an empty mirror, which has no character, no images of its own, borrows every impression from some passing object, and, if left to itself, would for ever remain vacant."
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