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Date: w. 1766, 1797

"The future whole infix upon thy mind; / Be there each line in truth ideal drawn"

— Mason, William (1725-1797)

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Date: 1797

"here's Redmond O'Hanlon, though now the constable and the county keeper, yet he was a heart of steel, that I'm sure of."

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

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Date: 1797

"For then first throbb'd an heart of steel."

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

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Date: 1798

Virtue may slumber "and vice for a moment usurped her throne in [one's] heart" but she may awake again, "and with a look abashed and banished the usurper for ever"

— Papendick, George (fl. 1798)

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Date: 1798

A king may "Cherish the ripening mind of [his] vast empire"

— Noehden, Georg Heinrich (1770-1826) and John Stoddart (1773-1856)

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Date: 1798

One may be "banished ... not only from [another's] heart, but from all share of empire"

— Noehden, Georg Heinrich (1770-1826) and John Stoddart (1773-1856)

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Date: 1798

"Agatha's heart is to be your judge."

— Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753-1821); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

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Date: 1798

Prejudices "are like old Wounds! when the weather changes they still smart"

— Plumptre, Anne (1760-1818); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

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Date: 1798

The heart of another may be one's judge

— Porter, Stephen (1781-1868); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

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Date: 1798

"Every letter of it stands engraven on my heart"

— Leftley, Charles (fl. 1798)

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