eye of the mind

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The eye of the mind did the counting, not the more trustworthy bodily organ.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 by Various

All human beings, not utterly savage, long for some information about past times, and are delighted by narratives which present pictures to the eye of the mind.

From Lays of Ancient Rome by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Therefore we need to open the eye of the mind, to see how miserable he is who trusts in the world.

From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

Imagery makes palpable to the bodily eye the abstract thought seen only by the eye of the mind; and all orators aim at giving vividness to their thinking by thus making their thoughts visible.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel

But let us bring the matter more distinctly before the eye of the mind.

From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Poe, Edgar A.