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Date: 1715

"Shall thy Soul / Still scorn the World, still flie the Joys that court / Thy blooming Beauty, and thy tender Youth? / Still shall she soar on Contemplation's Wing, / And mix with nothing meaner than the Stars; / As Heaven and Immortality alone / Were Objects worthy to employ her Faculties."

— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

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Date: 1715

"Truth and Innocence: / A conscious Knowledg rooted in my Heart, / That to have sav'd my Country was my Duty."

— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

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Date: 1715

"Some Flame uncommon kindles up his Soul, / And flashes forth impetuous at his Eyes."

— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

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Date: 1715

"Their old Hearts melted in 'em as she spoke, / And Tears ran down upon their silver Beards."

— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

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Date: 1715, 1727

"[A]ll the Faculties of my Soul and Body are her Slaves"

— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)

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Date: 1715

"Love is a generous Volunteer; Lust a Mercenary Slave"

— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)

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Date: 1715

"Love is a Court of Honour in the Heart"

— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)

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Date: 1715

Love may be a "scandalous Itching, a Rebellion in the Blood"

— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)

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Date: 1716

"You have a very good Fancy, Mr. Tinsel--What pretty Transformations you could make in my House--But I'll see where 'twill end."

— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)

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Date: 1716

One's head may be "perpetually confounded with the Fumes of Ale and Faction"

— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)

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