Date: 1725-6
A story "comes with more weight at once, than if it had been made at several times, and consequently makes a deeper impression upon the memory and passion of the auditors"
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.
Date: 1737
"As pliant Wax each new Impression takes, / Fixt to no Form, but still the Old forsakes, / Yet is the same: so Souls the same abide, / Tho' various Figures their Reception hide."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"Now one Impression in their Bosoms dwells, / Another when the Wind the Clouds dispels."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1739, 1741
"In These, whatever Sense first strikes their Thought, / (Or wrong or right) th' Impression deep is wrought"
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1739
"Thy wounds upon my heart impress, / Nor [a]ught shall the loved stamp efface"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1739
"Stamp thy whole Image on our Heart, / And all our Souls be Thine!"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1741
"But soon his tender Mind th' Impression felt"
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"Her curious Thoughts the Ring's Impression bear, / And new Ideas interrupt her Rest."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"What strong Impressions does Affection give? / By Fancy, Men have often ceas'd to live."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"The younger two were of a milder Kind, / And bore their Sire's Impression on the Mind."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)