Date: 1773, 1810
"Must not a being, then, by nature wrought, / To show her power in matter, and in thought, /Each light impression thrilling through his frame, /Inspired by heaven's most sublimated flame;"
preview | full record— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)
Date: 1773
"When the soul is engrossed by any violent passion, when the imagination forms a lively picture of the charms of a favourite object, represents it as the idol of the heart, adorns it with every attractive grace, and suffers it to make a deep impression on the mind; by degrees the charms, in which...
preview | full record— Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793)
Date: 1773, 1894-1895
One may learn "her Lesson from within" and "There […] read the Characters imprest / Upon the Mind of ev'ry human Breast,-- / The native Laws prescrib'd to every Soul, / And Love, the One Fulfiller of the Whole."
preview | full record— Byrom, John (1692-1763)
Date: 1773
"It was chiefly in this manner of instilling sentiments, (as in the case of the charitable establishment I have mentioned) by leading insensibly to the practice of virtue, rather than by downright precept, that Annesly proceeded with his children; for it was his maxim, that the heart must feel, a...
preview | full record— Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)
Date: 1773
"It was chiefly in this manner of instilling sentiments, (as in the case of the charitable establishment I have mentioned) by leading insensibly to the practice of virtue, rather than by downright precept, that Annesly proceeded with his children; for it was his maxim, that the heart must fe...
preview | full record— Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)
Date: 1773
"The figure of his father venerable in virtue, of his sister lovely in innocence, were imprinted on his mind; and the variety of public places of entertainment, to which sir Thomas conducted him, could not immediately efface the impression."
preview | full record— Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)
Date: 1774, rev. 1787, 1779 in English
"Oh! that I could express, that I could describe, these great conceptions, with the same warmth, with the same energy, that they are impressed on my soul!" [Literal translation: "Oh could you only express, could you the breathe forth upon this paper all that lives so warm and full, that it might ...
preview | full record— Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1749-1832)
Date: 1774
"By bestowing attention, the mind as it were embraces the objects exhibited to it, and lays itself open to a strong impression from them, which makes them both affect it much while they are present, and keep firm possession of the memory afterwards."
preview | full record— Gerard, Alexander (1728-1795)
Date: 1774
"It is observed, that every thing is well remembered, which is impressed on the mind when free and disengaged."
preview | full record— Gerard, Alexander (1728-1795)
Date: 1774
"Without this, the exercise of memory would be much more difficult than it is: for our remembering any series of thoughts, it would be necessary to impress them all vigorously on the mind; if any of them were faint, it would necessarily be forgotten."
preview | full record— Gerard, Alexander (1728-1795)