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Date: 1684, 1717

"Reason, the honest Counsellor, this knows, / And into Court with res'lute Virtue goes; / Lets Fancy see her loose irregular Sway, / Then how the flattering Follies sneak away!"

— Duke, Richard (1658-1711)

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Date: w. 1714, 1719, 1728

"While Hood-wink'd Ignorance her Reign resign'd, / Reason resum'd her Empire o'er the Mind"

— Sewell, George (1690-1726)

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Date: 1720

"The Goths were not so barbarous a Race / As the grim Rusticks of this motly Place; / Of Reason void, and Thought, whom Int'rest rules, / Yet will be Knaves tho' Nature meant them Fools."

— Diaper, William (1686-1717)

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Date: 1735, 1745

The soul "Which reasons justly, Its own Thoughts o'er-rules"

— Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)

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Date: 1736, 1743

"Th' identick Shape thy Fancy would retain, / Engraven in eternal Characters / While Memory holds its Empire in the Brain."

— Wesley, Samuel, the Younger (1691-1739)

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Date: 1732, 1736

Reason may over-rule fancy

— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)

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Date: 1738, 1868

"Justice and grace support Thy throne, / Set up in every faithful soul"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1738, 1868

"Pure and holy hearts alone / Chooses [God] for His quiet throne."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1739

"And in my Heart, a little Heav'n, / Thy Throne triumphant raise."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1739

"JESUS makes our Hearts his Throne, / There he lives, and reigns alone."

— Wesley, John and Charles

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