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Date: 1760, 1850

One may hope "to find / An easy conquest o'er a woman's mind"

— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)

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Date: 1760, 1850

An "anxious tender air / Proves o'er her heart the conquest won"

— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)

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Date: 1760, 1850

"Say, youth, and can'st thou keep secure / Thy heart from conquering beauty's power?"

— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)

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Date: 1768

A mirror is "mistress of the art, / Which conquers and secures a heart"

— Wilkie, William (1721-1772)

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