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Date: 1746

"Such the strong passions that his reason sway, / The lust, and av'rice on his vital prey."

— Ruffhead, James

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Date: 1746

"As love no single part of empire knows," "So shou'd our passions" extend "their full joy" to all desert

— Ruffhead, James

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Date: 1746

Passions may rule over one's intellects

— Ruffhead, James

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Date: 1746

"If wisdom once relax her golden reins, / No bliss is felt-but what the transport feign / Excess of joy but terminates in pain, / And impotence is ever in disdain."

— Ruffhead, James

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Date: 1746

The living soul breathes through all matter

— Ruffhead, James

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"All raving Passions soon wou'd be supprest" is man cou'd "but thro' eternity pervade"

— Ruffhead, James

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Date: 1746

"Of all the passions--that the mind enslave,/ Tarnish the glory of the truly brave,/ The meanest this--of social love the pest, / The worst of Fiends--in fairest colours drest."

— Ruffhead, James

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Date: 1746

"Soon as thy heart did feel / The pardon-stamping seal"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1746

" Justify us by Thy right, / And stamp us with Thy seal"

— Wesley, John and Charles

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Date: 1746

"His bleeding love 'tis Thine to seal / With pardon on the contrite heart:"

— 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.