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: 1723, 1740
"The strong Impression / May break my Heart, but shall not bend my Mind."
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Date: 1723, 1740
"Our Tears and Grief will soften their hard Hearts, / Fit to receive Impression from our Words."
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Date: February 22, 1723
"For Mariamne with superior charms / Triumphs o'er reason; in her look she bears / A paradise of ever-blooming sweets: / Fair as the first idea beauty prints / On the young lover's soul: a winning grace / Guides every gesture, and obsequious Love / Attends on all her steps; for, majesty / Streams...
preview | full record— Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)
Date: February 22, 1723
"My favours shall deface the memory / Of past afflictions: on a soul secure / In native innocence, or grief or joy / Shou'd make no deeper prints than air retains; / Where fleet alike the vulture and the dove, / And leave no trace."
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Date: February 22, 1723
"Nature on their unpolish'd marble prints / Much tenderer sentiments, than some can boast / Who call them barbarous."
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Date: February 22, 1723
"Sir, let her crime / Erase the faithful characters, which love / Imprinted on your heart."
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Date: 1723, 1740
"Not the most tempting Charms of Wit, or Worth, / Most graceful Forms, or dazling Shew of Greatness, / Can make Impression on a Mind like her's"
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
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."
preview | full record— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)