Date: 1723
"If offer'd in a mild and tim'rous Tone, / Nor urg'd and press'd, its [Counsel's] feeble Force is gone, / And leaves no more Impressions on the Mind, / Than Rocks receive from a soft Breeze of Wind."
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Date: 1723
"Prince Alfred's unresisting Mind / Receiv'd th' Impressions, by the Guide design'd"
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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."
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Date: 1723
"For still we find Plebeian Minds are sway'd / By strong Impressions on the Senses made"
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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...
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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: 1732
"My Sight, will keep her in my Mind, / Preserve the deep Impression made,"
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Date: 1735
"Come, gentle Sleep, my Eye-lids close, / These dull Impressions help me lose:"
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