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"
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: 1732
"My Sight, will keep her in my Mind, / Preserve the deep Impression made,"
preview | full record— Mitchell, Joseph (c. 1684-1738)
Date: 1735
"Come, gentle Sleep, my Eye-lids close, / These dull Impressions help me lose:"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: w. 1740, 1748
"But when your early Care shall have design'd / To plan the Soul and mould the waxen Mind; / When you shall pour upon his tender Breast / Ideas that must stand an Age's Test, / Oh! there imprint with strongest deepest dye / The lovely form of Goddess LIBERTY!"
preview | full record— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)
Date: 1752
" If meer Antiquities of ev'ry kind / Impress a pleasing Rev'rence on the Mind"
preview | full record— Browne, Moses (1706-1787)
Date: 1752
"Their Task discharg'd, and anxious how to lose / The least Impressions, recent on the Heart."
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