Date: 1725-6

A story "comes with more weight at once, than if it had been made at several times, and consequently makes a deeper impression upon the memory and passion of the auditors"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1733

"It was not for any Credit that she gave to such vain Images, but her Mind was still impress'd with the Vision she saw in her Sleep; and though every Thing seem'd to preclude her Hopes, yet it was not possible for her to renounce the Thoughts of Happiness after what she had seen with her own Eyes."

— Morando, Bernardo (1589-1656); Gaspard-Moïse-Augustin de Fontanieu; Anonymous

Date: 1737

"As pliant Wax each new Impression takes, / Fixt to no Form, but still the Old forsakes, / Yet is the same: so Souls the same abide, / Tho' various Figures their Reception hide."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"Now one Impression in their Bosoms dwells, / Another when the Wind the Clouds dispels."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1739, 1741

"In These, whatever Sense first strikes their Thought, / (Or wrong or right) th' Impression deep is wrought"

— Ogle, George (1704-1746)

Date: 1739

"Thy wounds upon my heart impress, / Nor [a]ught shall the loved stamp efface"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1739

"Stamp thy whole Image on our Heart, / And all our Souls be Thine!"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1741

"But soon his tender Mind th' Impression felt"

— Ogle, George (1704-1746)

Date: 1741

"Her curious Thoughts the Ring's Impression bear, / And new Ideas interrupt her Rest."

— Ogle, George (1704-1746)

Date: 1741

"What strong Impressions does Affection give? / By Fancy, Men have often ceas'd to live."

— Ogle, George (1704-1746)