Date: 1776
"One of her domestics, a Christian woman, had frequently talked with her on religion, and though she never renounced her idols, had made some impressions on her mind"
preview | full record— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)
Date: 1776
"this manly indignation of the good Bishop against the impiety of religious persecution, made no impression on the mind of that bigotted Princess!"
preview | full record— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)
Date: 1777, 1793
"Your gentle hearts / To kind impressions yet susceptible, / Will amiably hear a friend's advice"
preview | full record— Dodd, William (1729-1777)
Date: 1777, 1793
"Of one, who, warm with human passions, soft / To tenderest impressions, frequent rush'd / Precipitate into the tangling maze"
preview | full record— Dodd, William (1729-1777)
Date: 1777, 1810
"The soul's impression they no longer share; / His soul is hovering round his distant fair."
preview | full record— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)
Date: 1781
The "passive mind" may be (merely) impressed by substances and modes
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1781, 1810
"Triumphant love, with still superior art, / Engraves their wonders on the Painter's heart."
preview | full record— Seward, Anna (1742-1809)
Date: 1782
"The mind and conduct mutually imprint / And stamp their image in each other's mint."
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1782
"How all impressions of the mind are chang'd! / The heart distended and the head derang'd."
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1783
"Thus have we proved it never happens, / That ornament and outward trappings, / Can make on the heart the least impression, / Much less secure a fix'd possession."
preview | full record— Dibdin, Charles (bap. 1745, d. 1814)