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Date: 1751

"'Yes, indeed,' added miss Betsy, "and threatens terrible things to every one, who should dare to dispute the conquest of my heart with him'"

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1751

One may make "a conquest of a heart, without knowing it, which not the utmost endeavours of any other could ever subdue"

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1751

"His good sense, however, at last convinced him, that as no solid happiness could be expected with a woman of miss Betsy's temper, he ought to conquer his passion for her."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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Date: 1753

One may make a new conquest and gain "a heart all flaming and adoration"

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

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