Date: 1723
"Alfred awakens from the Vision, which leaves deep Impression on his Mind."
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Date: 1723
"For still we find Plebeian Minds are sway'd / By strong Impressions on the Senses made"
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Date: 1723
"When Alfred thus had view'd with ravish'd Eyes / These bright Etherial Seats, these happy Skies, / Which on his Soul divine Impressions made, / And high Idea's to his Thought convey'd, / They by Degrees descended thro' the Air / To the sad Realms of Horrour and Despair; / The Walks of Death, and...
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Date: 1723
"While shiv'ring Chillness seizes every Vein, / Slackens their Sinews and disturbs their Brain, / Which deep Impressions left of various Kind, / That pain the Body or afflict the Mind."
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Date: 1733
"One beauteous Form has struck upon the Mind, / A sweet Impression, casual, or design'd."
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Date: 1733
"The deep Impression in my Soul was made, / When first I listen'd in the Jess'min Shade."
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Date: 1735
"Come, gentle Sleep, my Eye-lids close, / These dull Impressions help me lose:"
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Date: 1736
"But, as a Child, in Thought, chews o'er / The Sweetmeats, which he eat before; / So in his Mind Alexis keeps / The dear Impression of her Lips:"
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Date: 1736, 1743
"The Signet thus cast in the best-wrought Mould, / Imprints no Likeness when the Wax is cold."
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Date: 1737
One may "grateful bow / To those benignant pow'rs, who fram'd thy mind / In crimes unfruitful, never to admit / The black impression of a guilty thought."
preview | full record— Glover, Richard (1712-1785)