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Date: 1790

One may have two souls "which, like two mighty Kings, / 'Ever contending for the sov'reignty, / 'Stir up sedition and revolt within"

— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)

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Date: 1790

"[M]y conquer'd heart / 'Has nothing noble or aspiring in it"

— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)

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Date: 1810

"Our heroine fear'd him not; it was her part, / To make sure conquest of such gentle heart"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1812

Something may reach one "of the social arts, / That soften manners, and that conquer hearts."

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1819

The "war within, these passions in their strife, / If thus protracted, had exhausted life"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1819

"'Alas! how soon would doubts again invade / 'The willing mind, and sins again persuade!"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1819

"'These dreams and fancies easily invade; / 'The mind and body feel the slow disease,"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1838

The conquer'd mind may waste in slow disease

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1838

Strong are the passions that invade the mind

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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Date: 1838

"Rash boy! what hope thy frantic mind invades?"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

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