Date: 1695
"I their rude, inbred Cruelty refin'd, / And stampt my perfect Image on their Mind."
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Date: 1695
"He teaches sacred Myst'ries yet behind, / And stamps the Christian Image on his Mind."
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Date: 1697
"We are not pleas'd a glorious World to know, / Whereof our Senses no Impression show."
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Date: 1697
"At such Reflections do's not Nature start, / And try at every Spring to touch your Heart? / Do's not soft Pity's fire begin to burn, / Do not your yearning Bowels in you turn? / In such a case Breasts arm'd with temper'd Steel / And Hearts of Marble, should impression feel."
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Date: 1705
"My Reasons always due Impressions made, / Proofs that are felt, are fittest to perswade."
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Date: 1711
"Know, hardy Atheists, who insulting say / Some populous Realms to Gods no Homage pay, / And therefore Nature's universal Law / Imprints not on the Mind Religious Awe; / That those, who no superior Being own, / Are more from Beasts by Shape, than Reason known."
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Date: 1723
"Can'st say what diff'rent Turns the Spirits take, / When they of diff'rent Kinds Impressions make; / What vital Springs those Spirits in their Flight / Strike to cause Torment, what to give Delight."
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Date: 1723
"If offer'd in a mild and tim'rous Tone, / Nor urg'd and press'd, its [Counsel's] feeble Force is gone, / And leaves no more Impressions on the Mind, / Than Rocks receive from a soft Breeze of Wind."
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Date: 1723
"Prince Alfred's unresisting Mind / Receiv'd th' Impressions, by the Guide design'd"
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Date: 1723
"But gen'rous Alfred's Mercy, so he'll find, / Has left Impressions grateful on my Mind"
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