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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"But, in the Soul, still suffer some Alloy / To pinion Pride, and damp injurious Joy--"

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

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"That confidential Pedagogue, divine, / Must store his Mind from Learning's golden Mine--"

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

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

One may "Thro' all [of "Learning's golden mine"] puzzling labrynths to trace
The veins of Knowledge--Wit--Sense--Grammar--Grace."

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

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"The silver Virtues shining round the heart, / Pure Gold, when polish'd bright by heavenly Art--"

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

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Thus piercing Spirits poise all weak Mankind / By sterling standard form'd in manag'd Mind"

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

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Requiring breast of steel, and front of brass, / To make plebeian pow'rs, uninjur'd, pass."

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

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"No Soul should mix among the courtly Train, ... Among the higher, or the lower, Class, / Whose breast's not form'd of steel, and front of brass!"

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

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Your iron hearts o'er misery never melt, / Nor feel the thrillings her pure pity felt!"

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

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Oft curv'd his neck, borne down by injur'd heart-- / Steel'd his torn breast to bear sarcastic dart--"

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

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Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"It cannot be but Fortitude will feel / And arm her face with flint, her heart with steel!"

— 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.