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Date: 1755

God himself is the soul's eternal food

— Davies [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

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Date: 1755

Thou sun of this great world both eye and soul

— Milton [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

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Date: 1755

Affections may seem benumbed or may take take fire

— Hooker [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

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Date: 1755

Fancy "is engender'd in the eyes, / With gazing fed and fancy dies/ In the cradle where it lies."

— Shakespeare [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

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Date: 1755

Fancy is engendered in the eyes, fed with gazing, and dies in its cradle

— Hooker [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

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