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."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Date: 1709
"Souls only can, sedate, receive / Th'Impression such a vast Delight does give"
preview | full record— 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!"
preview | full record— 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!"
preview | full record— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)
Date: 1710
"But thy unerring Hands, with matchless Art / Have shewn my Eyes th'Impression in my Heart;"
preview | full record— 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."
preview | full record— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Date: 1710 [1719, 1729]
"Large is their Soul, and capable to take / The first Impression's Gain or Pleasure make"
preview | full record— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Date: From Tuesday June 27. to Thursday June 29. 1710
"The monstrous Affectation of being thought artful, immediately kills all Thoughts of Humanity and Goodness, and gives Men a Sense of the soft Affections and Impulses of the Mind (which are imprinted in us for our mutual Advantage and Succour) as of meer Weaknesses and Follies."
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison
Date: Saturday, November 11, 1710
"My Friend's Talk made so odd an Impression upon my Mind, that soon after I was a-Bed I fell insensibly into a most unaccountable Resverie, that had neither Moral nor Design in it, and cannot be so properly called a Dream as a Delirium."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 1711
"But, with Submission, I think the Remark I have here made shows us, that this unworthy Treatment made an impression upon his Mind, though he had been too wise to discover it."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)