Date: 1723
"When Alfred thus had view'd with ravish'd Eyes / These bright Etherial Seats, these happy Skies, / Which on his Soul divine Impressions made, / And high Idea's to his Thought convey'd, / They by Degrees descended thro' the Air / To the sad Realms of Horrour and Despair; / The Walks of Death, and...
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Date: 1723
"While shiv'ring Chillness seizes every Vein, / Slackens their Sinews and disturbs their Brain, / Which deep Impressions left of various Kind, / That pain the Body or afflict the Mind."
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Date: 1737
"Her lovely image, on his mind impress'd, / Had fix'd her empire in his yielding breast."
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Date: 1737
"Some heav'nly being had prepar'd his thought, / And on his heart the kind impression wrought."
preview | full record— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)
Date: 1737
"The soft impression of my brothers face, / Dwells on my heart."
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Date: 1743
"Mr. Dennis argues the same way. 'My writings having made great impression on the minds of all sensible men'"
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Date: 1753
"A beautiful horse, and fine armour, were objects which must naturally have made an impression on the mind of one so young as Ascanius"
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Date: 1753
Aeneas's grief and distress were an "indication of his great tenderness, sensibility, and conjugal affection; and as such, must needs make a very deep impression on Dido's Heart"
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Date: 1757, 1769
"Banish the dire impression from my breast. / For still I see the monster, as he stood."
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Date: 1769
"But conscious that a mind by virtue steel'd, / To no impression of distress will yield."
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