Date: 1708
"Now he knew that every thing that was produc'd anew, must needs have some Producer. And from this Contemplation, there arose in his Mind a sort of Impression of the Maker of that Form, tho' his Notion of him as yet was general and indistinct."
preview | full record— Ockley, Simon (bap. 1679, d. 1720)
Date: 1708
"A Sect which us'd to discourse of all things in Nature, by way of Parable and Similitude, and by that means represent the Images of them to the Imagination, and fix the Impressions of them in Men's Minds, as is customary in such Discourses as are made to the Vulgar."
preview | full record— Ockley, Simon (bap. 1679, d. 1720)
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."
preview | full record— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)
Date: 1709
"Their Minds, just molded, the Impression took"
preview | full record— 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."
preview | full record— 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:"
preview | full record— 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."
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)