eye of the mind

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Now, Arthur really sees all these things that he's telling about, because he has the eye of the mind with which to see them.

From The Tree of Appomattox by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

They are as palpable, to the eye of the mind, as Sirius, Arcturus, the Southern Cross, and the planets Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, are to the bodily sense.

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

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

If you can read with the eye of the mind the inscription it bears, you can distinctly see these words: To all to whom this may come: Greeting.

From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)

After she had looked her request for light upon what way she was to take, they sat silent, neither looking at the other, yet each seeing the other with the eye of the mind.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham