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Date: 1736

"She at first excused herself as being no Proficient in the Art; but he would not be denied: and as she could do nothing which had not in it a peculiar Grace, the Sweetness of her Motions, join'd to the Liberties the Example of others seem'd to authorize him to take with her, added new Fires to h...

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1736

"To live without Restraint, is to live indeed, cry'd she, and I no longer wonder, that the free Mind finds it so difficult to yield to those Fetters, Priests and Philosophers would bind it in, and which were never forged by, nor are consistent with Reason."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1736

"He saw the melting Passion display itself a thousand different ways; her shining Eyes swam in a Sea of Languor: her rosy Cheeks received a livelier and more fresh Vermillion."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1736

"Then, Madam, reply'd Broscomin, sullenly, I shall waste no farther Time in attacking so impregnable a Fortress: this unconquerable Mind shall be left to its own liberty; and I must content myself with the means which more indulgent Heaven has given me of becoming Master of your more defenceless ...

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1736

"To these he added many other consolatory Expressions; and a handsome Repast being served in, entertain'd her all the time with such Discourses as entirely brought her back to those Principles from which the Delusions of Ochihatou had made her swerve; and, at the same time, establish'd so perfect...

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1736

"Ah! Princess, answered he, with a Sigh, you judge too favourably of this degenerate Race; their very Souls are debilitated with their Bodies; all Ardor for Glory, all generous Emulation, all Love of Liberty, every noble Passion is extinguish'd with their Industry."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1736

"'Tis true, the Desire of Riches seem'd the ruling and universal Passion among them; but then, they sought not the Gratification by mean Arts, or Projects destructive to their Fellow-Citizens, or shameful to their Country, but by honest Care, and painful Labour; by adhering strictly to their Prom...

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1736

"For suppose we could find a Hero, in whom all the Virtues met, and little inferior to the Celestial Genii, he certainly would both merit and possess a Throne in every honest Heart."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1736

"But this Gust of stormy Passion blowing over, he endeavoured to banish all Thoughts on what was impossible to be done, to make way for those on what was not so; and after comparing, examining, and condemning an infinite Number of Projects, which, by turns, presented themselves for Approbation, h...

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1736

"Ochihatou came to Assadid, and had the Boldness to declare his Pretensions to my Princess: the Gracefulness of his Person, the engaging Manner of his Address, his Wit, his Gallantry, and perhaps his Science, had so powerful an Effect, that he no sooner came, than conquer'd; her Heart that had wi...

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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