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Date: 1730

Love is a "strange unruly Something in the Soul" that "like a Fire once kindled in a Mine, / Can ne'er be thoroughly quench'd"

— Miller, James (1704-1744)

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Date: 1730

An image may be "too strongly stamp'd, to be soon effac'd" from one's [breast? mind?]

— Miller, James (1704-1744)

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Date: 1730

The "Charms of Modesty" may "kindle Virtues in the roughest Breast" "like the Sun-beams ripening Gems in Rocks"

— Miller, James (1704-1744)

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Date: 1730

A beauteous face may be the index of a beauteous mind

— Miller, James (1704-1744)

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Date: 1730

"They [women] would meet our Inclinations three parts of the way, but that Pride is their predominant Passion, and 'tis a greater Gratification to 'em to make a Man their Slave, than their Gallant."

— Miller, James (1704-1744)

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Date: 1730

"I was in hopes his mean Attempt on my Virtue, had banish'd every tender Thought of him from my Breast"

— Miller, James (1704-1744)

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Date: June 22, 1731

"But Heaven, who knows our Frame, and graciously distinguishes between Frailty and Presumption, will make a Difference, tho' Man cannot, who sees not the Heart, but only judges by the outward Action."

— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)

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Date: November 10, 1730

"Virtue, Love, and Grief, so amply fill her Mind, there is no Room for any ruder Guest"

— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)

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Date: November 10, 1730

"Since Truth to the Mind her own Likeness reflects, / Let none the just Mirror despise."

— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)

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Date: June 22, 1731

"What Pity it is, a Mind so comprehensive, daring and inquisitive, shou'd be a Stranger to Religion's sweet, but powerful Charms."

— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)

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