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Date: 1766

Melancholy may "round [one's] heart erect [her] ebon throne"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1766

"Sweet friendship in the heart confirms her throne"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1788

"Heav'n heaves the heart, and reason rules the head."

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1788

"But if rebellion vex each vital part, / The head made dark by demons in the heart, / The will runs riot, while the passions rule, / The soul a slave, and reason quite a tool"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1788

"The soul [is] a slave, and reason quite a tool."

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1788

"When reason governs, as her Maker meant, / Each subject passion feels its proper bent."

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

In "His pure, perfect Kingdom" God may sway "in the Souls, and Hearts, of all"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Confined, in silence, he conferr'd alone / With Understanding, on his mental Throne"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Reason, at his right hand, her place maintain'd, / And all her faithful groups full audience gain'd"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

" Judgment sat and heard each honest plea, / And fix'd each Verdict with his firm Decree"

— Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

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