Date: 1709

"Love, the Soft Seal, by which alone we find / Something of Angel stamp't on Human-kind; / While we, like Wax, to the Impression bow, / And find our Souls are One, we know not how."

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1709

"Their Minds, just molded, the Impression took"

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1709

"For they have Hearts Impression to receive, / And you have Eyes to conquer and enslave."

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1709

"In Solid Dullness fixt, no Charms, no Art / Of Beauty makes Impression on thy Heart:"

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: From Thursd. Dec. 15. to Saturd. Dec. 17. 1709

"I am sure I feel it in so extraordinary a Manner, that I cannot in a Day or Two get out of my Imagination any very beautiful or disagreeable Impression which I receive on such Occasions."

— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)

Date: 1709

"Souls only can, sedate, receive / Th'Impression such a vast Delight does give"

— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)

Date: 1709

"The Duke try'd every corner of his uneasie Bed! whether shut or open, Charlot was still before his Eyes! his Lips and Face retain'd the dear Impression of her Kisses! the Idea of her innocent and charming Touches, wander'd o'er his Mind!"

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1709

"She was bred up with him, accustom'd to his Charms, they made no impression upon her Heart!"

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1710

"But thy unerring Hands, with matchless Art / Have shewn my Eyes th'Impression in my Heart;"

— Congreve, William (1670-1729)

Date: 1710 [1719, 1729]

"Reflection is the last and greatest Bliss: / When turning backwards with inverted Eyes, / The Soul it self and all its Charms, surveys, / The deep Impressions of Coelestial Grace / And Image of the Godhead."

— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)