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Date: 1805

"My heart's heavier than all the iron, and brass, in my shop"

— Colman, George, the younger (1762-1836)

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Date: 1806

"I'll hear no tales, listen to none of the charities of life: my heart is steeled"

— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)

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Date: 1806

"When I ogled sweet Bess, from my glances she / For she had a bosom of steel--"

— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

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Date: 1808

"Judge not the Man by his exterior part: / Virtue's strong root in every soil will grow, / Rich ores lie buried under piles of snow"

— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)

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Date: 1813

"Oh pure in heart, I have touch'd and find thee true as gold without alloy"

— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)

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Date: 1813

"Fear nothing, then, for on that side your heart lies, and steel will not cut steel; no sword can pierce it, impenetrable Diabolo"

— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)

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