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Date: 1769

"I refused, saying, that, as I was resolved he should in every point be the aggressor, he should fire first; he did, and missed me, and on my soul I believe designedly; for by the changes in his countenance, I could perceive that grief, and not anger, was then the predominant passion in his mind."

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

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Date: 1769

One may banish from her heart a hopeless passion

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

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Date: 1769

A debt of gratitude to parents is "stamp'd upon our frames; In polish'd minds it shines the most"

— Reed, Joseph (1723-1787)

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Date: 1769

"Your beauteous looks inspire my mind / With passion of the purest kind: / No selfish views my bosom sway, / But all is love without allay."

— Reed, Joseph (1723-1787)

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Date: 1769

"But, first, I'll tell thee thy detested deeds, / And gall, if possible, thine iron heart."

— Home, John (1722-1808)

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Date: 1769

"And still my soul they [cares] hold in pain, / Their cruel empire to maintain."

— Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774)

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Date: 1769

"Nor fill my stormy breast with ire."

— Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774)

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Date: 1769

Cares may "torment my tortur'd mind, / Leaving their rugged tracts behind"

— Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774)

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Date: 1769

"Something like pity shakes my firm resolves, / And almost melts the iron heart of Zingis."

— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)

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Date: 1769

"Does thy iron heart / Deny me this--a portion of his grave?"

— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)

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