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Date: 1696

"Sir--Notwithstanding this provocation, I am calm; but were I like other Men, a Slave to Passion, shou'd not for-bear calling you Impertinent!"

— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)

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Date: 1696

"For hitherto my Soul has been enslav'd to loose Desires, to vain deluding Follies, and shadows of substantial bliss: but now I wake with joy to find my Rapture Real."

— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)

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Date: 1696

"Rebellious Reason, talk no more, / Of all my Slaves, I thee abhor."

— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)

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