Date: 1774-1776, 1788, 1803
"Well-skill'd / To form the growing soul, and on its young / And opening bud to fix the impression deep / Of every generous thought"
preview | full record— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Date: 1776
"The impression left on the philosophical mind by these historical facts, will naturally suggest some reflections on human nature."
preview | full record— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)
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)