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Date: 1719

"A thousand Fears invade / And fill my Mind with Pain"

— Mitchell, Joseph (c. 1684-1738)

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Date: 1732

One may "win and hold the Conquest of a Mind"

— Mitchell, Joseph (c. 1684-1738)

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Date: 1732

As music "certain Conquest makes, the Savage Soul refines"

— Mitchell, Joseph (c. 1684-1738)

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Date: 1759

"This order of passions, according to this system, was of a more generous and noble nature than the other. They were considered upon many occasions as the auxiliaries of reason, to check and restrain the inferior and brutal appetites. We are often angry at ourselves, it was observed, we often bec...

— Smith, Adam (1723-1790)

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