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Date: 1767

"It is not, replied the sultan, with a mildness chastened with gravity, it is not for mortal eyes to penetrate into the close recesses of the human heart

— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)

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Date: 1767

"How transitory have been all my pleasures! the recollection of them dies on my memory, like the departing colours of the rainbow, which fades under the eye of the beholder, and leaves not a trace behind."

— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)

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Date: 1767

"Thou mayst remember after this period, that, sated with voluptuousness, thy licentious heart began to grow hardened; and from rioting without controul in pleasures, which, however criminal in themselves, carry at least with them the excuse of temptation, thou wantonly didst stir up, and indulge ...

— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)

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Date: 1767

"Stamp the pardon on our hearts"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1767

"And stamps Thine image on our hearts / In purity and love"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1767

"And stamp Thine image on their hearts"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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"Our pardon infallibly seal, / And heaven implant in our heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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"And sure forgiveness sealest / On all our waiting hearts."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1767

"The promise and the prayer is seal'd, / Seal'd on her heart in gospel-peace."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1767

"The witness breathe into my heart, / And seal my sins forgiven."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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