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Date: w. April 25, 1737; 1753

"Gone, tho' she is, she left her soul behind, / In four dear transcripts of her copy'd mind."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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Date: 1753

"Afflictions such as hers are prying, and lend those Eyes that read the Soul."

— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)

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Date: [1753] 1754

"Despairing of success with you, he has assumed airs of bravery; but your name is written in large letters in his heart."

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

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Date: 1754

"Look in my face; and, could my heart lie bare, / The Father would be seen engraven there"

— Jeffreys, George (1678-1755)

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Date: 1754

"The character he has given you, Sir, is stamped in your countenance"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

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Date: 1754

"I tried to look again into the paper; but the contents were all in my mind, and filled it"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

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Date: 1754

"In these papers is my heart laid open"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

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Date: 1754

"My Soul complains on paper"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

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Date: 1754

"In presence, we will be one; in absence, we will not be divided; for we will mingle souls and sentiments on paper."

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

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Date: 1754

"She put me upon recollecting the giddy scene, which those dreadfully interesting ones that followed it, had made me wish to blot out of my memory."

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

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