Date: 1723
"But gen'rous Alfred's Mercy, so he'll find, / Has left Impressions grateful on my Mind"
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Date: 1723
"Alfred awakens from the Vision, which leaves deep Impression on his Mind."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1723
"For still we find Plebeian Minds are sway'd / By strong Impressions on the Senses made"
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1723
"When Alfred thus had view'd with ravish'd Eyes / These bright Etherial Seats, these happy Skies, / Which on his Soul divine Impressions made, / And high Idea's to his Thought convey'd, / They by Degrees descended thro' the Air / To the sad Realms of Horrour and Despair; / The Walks of Death, and...
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1723
"While shiv'ring Chillness seizes every Vein, / Slackens their Sinews and disturbs their Brain, / Which deep Impressions left of various Kind, / That pain the Body or afflict the Mind."
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Date: 1724
"To gain the unbeliever to my wishes, / I stirr'd his temper with such cautious art, / That, ere his judgment cou'd exert its phlegm, / His blood took ferment from a warmth of passion: / Then, while his fi'ry spirit flam'd with rage, / In its full heat, I stamp'd it with revenge."
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Date: 1726, 1753
"Such contraries almighty wisdom finds, / And stamps on human minds."
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Date: 1729, 1737
"This friendly counsel, to the Nymph convey'd, / No small Impression on her Fancy made:"
preview | full record— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)
Date: 1732
"Each softening heart dissolves within its breast, / And love, as on this wax, is there imprest"
preview | full record— Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)
Date: 1735
"Come, gentle Sleep, my Eye-lids close, / These dull Impressions help me lose:"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)