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Date: 1720

"Nay more, when thou art dead, I won't leave thy Soul in Quiet--for I will go streight to thy House, break open they Chests, and scatter thy Gold and Silver, which is thy Soul"

— Molloy, Charles (d. 1767)

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Date: 1720

"But Friendship is the Mirror of the Mind, which lays open to us all our Faults"

— Shadwell, Charles (d. 1726)

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Date: 1722

"I met her this morning in a new manteau and petticoat, not a bit worse for her lady's wearing, and she has always new thoughts and new airs with new clothes."

— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

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Date: 1722

"The disappointed advocate, finding she had so unexpected a support, on cooler thoughts descended to a composition, which I, without her knowledge, secretly discharged."

— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

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Date: 1722

"But my father, in his heart, still has a mind to him, were it not for this woman they talk of."

— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

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Date: 1722

"Whither does my fancy carry me?"

— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

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Date: 1722

"You say this because I wrung you to the heart when I touched your guilty conscience about Judy"

— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

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Date: 1722

One's "vital life" dwells in the heart

— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

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Date: 1722

"I say, thus it is with me while I see him; and in his absence I am entertained with nothing but your endeavors to tear this image from my heart and, in its stead, to place a base dissembler, and artful invader of my happiness, my innocence, my honor."

— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

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Date: 1722

"In the meantime, I'll wrap myself up in the integrity of my own heart, nor dare to doubt of his."

— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

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