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Religion of Author:
"Church of Scotland"
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Genre:
"Prose"
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Literary Period:
"Age of Sensibility"
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"Early Modern"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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"Industrial Revolution"
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Nationality of Author:
"Scottish"
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Metaphor Category:
"Impressions"
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"Body"
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Date: 1783
"The human brain is a bodily substance; and sensible and permanent impressions made upon it must so far resemble those made on sand by the foot, or on wax by the seal, as to have certain shape, length, breadth, and deepness"
preview | full record— Beattie, James (1735-1803)