Date: 1715-1720

"In this Case the principal Image is more strongly impress'd on the Mind by a Multiplication of Similes, which are the natural Product of an Imagination labouring to express something very vast."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1715-1720

"'Tis by a bare Repetition of his Name three times, which just leaves some Impression of him on the Mind of the Reader"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1715-1720

"[H]e would place in Opposition on one side the Son's Action which began the War, and on the other the Impressions of Concern or Repentance which it must by this time have made in the Father's Mind."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1715-1720

One should "grieve not excessively, let not sorrow make too great an Impression upon thy Heart."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)