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Date: 1763-4

A sudden slumber gently seal'd my eyes, / And wrapt my wearied limbs in soft repose; / Excursive Fancy wing'd her agile flight / Thro' the aerial mansions of the world; / Instant appear'd, portray'd upon my mind, / The fair Urania, clad in candid robe; / And bright around

— Mr. P--y (fl. 1763)

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Date: 1763-4

"Since reason's lamp illuminates the mind, / And cogent proves eternity to man; / Since justice too, eternal, will require / Strict retribution for offences past; / Serious reflect on God's supreme decrees, / And learn obedience to his great commands"

— Mr. P--y (fl. 1763)

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Date: 1763-4

"When Morpheus soon his guardian post resign'd, / And memory, faithful, stamp'd upon my mind / The sage instructions of the meek-eyed fair."

— Mr. P--y (fl. 1763)

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Date: December, 1763; 1774

"'Tis Conscience, a reward alone, / Conscience, who plac'd on Virtue's throne, / Eyes raging men, or raging seas, / Undaunted, firm, with heart at ease."

— Lloyd, Robert (bap. 1733, d. 1764)

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Date: December, 1763; 1774

"Thus his own eyes the Bigot blinds, / To shut out light from human minds."

— Lloyd, Robert (bap. 1733, d. 1764)

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Date: 1763

"The Judge within the Mind, shall ev'ry Cause / Impartial weigh, and cancel useless Laws"

— Hoyland, Francis (1727-1786)

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Date: 1763

"Nor hope the Conquest of that stubborn Heart"

— Hoyland, Francis (1727-1786)

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Date: 1763, 1765; 1766

"Throw Envy, Folly, Prejudice behind! / And yield to Truth the empire of the mind"

— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)

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Date: 1763, 1765; 1766

"Powers that should spread in Reason's orient ray, / How are they darken'd, and debarr'd the day!"

— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)

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Date: 1763, 1765; 1766

""Soon will the reign of Hope and Fear be o'er, / And warring passions militate no more."

— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)

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