Date: 1715-1720

"Let great Achilles, to the Gods resign'd, / To Reason yield the Empire o'er his Mind."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1715-1720

"Vain Dreams of Conquest" may swell the haughty Mind

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1715-1720

" The haughtiest Hearts at length their Rage resign, / And Gifts can conquer ev'ry Soul but thine."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1715

In death "all to the same Dungeon are confin'd" and "No Busie Thoughts invade the Labouring Mind"

— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

Date: 1715

There may be "one Spark of Pity left behind / To form the least Impression on your Mind"

— Brown, Thomas (bap. 1663, d. 1704)

Date: 1715

"As unregarded thro' the Vaulted Skies, / The Wat'ry South in Noisy Tempest flies: / Just so the vain Expressions touch our Mind, / Nor any strong Impressions leave behind."

— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

Date: 1715

"When all alone she was surpriz'd to find / Such strong Impressions on her feeble Mind."

— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

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)