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Date: 1812

"[R]eviving joy and lingering gloom" may "Alternate empire o'er [the] soul assume."

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1812

"On Captain Bligh her mind in balance hung-- / Though valiant, modest; and reserved, though young/ Against these merits must defects be set-- / Though poor, imprudent; and though proud, in debt"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1812

Love or Pride may be a master-passion

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1812

Reason may rule us in her proper place

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1812

"Reason, through anguish, shall her throne forsake, / And strength of mind but stronger madness make."

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1819

Thoughts may be called to council

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1819

The master-passion is not always obeyed

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1819

Reason may "re-ascend her throne" after a burst of "salutary tears"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1819

The "war within, these passions in their strife, / If thus protracted, had exhausted life"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1819

"A brother's warning on thy heart engrave"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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