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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xlii. 1191 Þese bestes han witte and mynde passynge oþere bestes.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xliv. 79 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 37 His eye of deepest minde Deeper sincks then deepest working.

1609 J. Davies Humours Heau'n on Earth 26 Put on the mind that men of mind becomes.

1806 T. Jefferson Let. 5 July in Writings (1984) 1165 The imputation was one of those artifices used to despoil an adversary of his most effectual arms; and men of mind will place themselves above a gabble of this order.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. x. 144 Blue eyes, lit up by a smile of such mind and meaning!

1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud i. vii, in Maud & Other Poems 4 But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind.

1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iv. 46 The Papacy..under the guidance of her greatest minds, of Hildebrand, of Alexander [etc.].

1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City iii You mean there can be no mind in an imitation.

1926 W. S. Bruce Salt & Sense viii. 64 The men of money are supposed to be above the men of mind. That ranking is entirely wrong.

1988 M. Brodsky X in Paris 165 For a moment I feared he might be envious of the Activity, devirulizing or not, taking place circumambiently, in which case he was no longer any man of mind.

1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking p. x Lastly,..to Kate Newlin, who spent many of her weeknights and weekends contributing her clear, keen mind, marketing prowess, astounding strategic thinking, and her heart.