Date: 1720
"If it should be enquir'd, how I was capable of hearing all this, and having no Impressions made upon my Mind by it, especially, when it so many ways suited my own Case, and the Condition of the former part of my Life; I shall answer that presently by it self."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: March, 1722
"I would be far from lessening the Awe of the Judgments of God, and the Reverence to his Providence, which ought always to be on our Minds on such Occasions as these."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1722, 1725
"I got into an Arbor in the Garden, to peruse the dear Contents, which I very well remember, and are too deeply engraven in my Mind, ever to be forgotten."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1722
"I endeavour'd to Reason my self out of it, but it was in vain, the Impression lay so strong on my Mind, that it was not to be resisted."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1722
"I had deeper Impressions upon my Mind all that Night"
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1722
"I had such strong Impressions on my Mind about discovering my self to my old Husband"
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Date: 1722
"I relate this in the very manner in which things then appear'd to me, as far as I am able; but infinitely short of the lively impressions which they made on my Soul at that time"
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Date: 1722
"However, these Thoughts left some Impression upon me, and made me act with some more caution than before"
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
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."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
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."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)