Date: 1724

"[F]or in losing him, I for-ever lost the Prospect of all the Gayety and Glory, that had made such an Impression upon my Imagination."

— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

Date: 1724

"If I have here touch'd a young Lady's Vanity and Levity, it was to show her how beautiful she is without those Blots, which certainly stain the Mind, and stamp Deformity where the greatest Beauties would shine, were they banish'd."

— Davys, Mary (1674-1732)

Date: 1725

"I wou'd have all those soft-hearted Ladies that are impress'd like Wax, read Quevedo's 'Vision of Loving-Fools.'"

— Davys, Mary (1674-1732)

Date: 1725

"For my part, I had not the least thought of Love; yet the sweetness and affability of this little Orphan's Disposition made an early Impression on my Heart."

— Davys, Mary (1674-1732)

Date: 1725

"No, said Octavio, if thou art Clara, thou art still the only Creature upon Earth that can give relief to my distracted Mind and wounded Heart; thy Wrongs have cost me too many Months repose, and I have given up my self too much to the thoughts of thee, to slight or despise thee now I have found ...

— Davys, Mary (1674-1732)

Date: 1725

"How much this has mortify'd the Bride Elect, Berina will never guess, because she knows nothing of her Pride and Vanity; but had you seen the Consternation of the Company, and the Looks of the Lady, they wou'd, I dare say, have made the same comical Impression upon your Fancy which they...

— Davys, Mary (1674-1732)

Date: 1725

"My Delia's Words still bear the Stamp of Wit, / Impress'd too plainly to be counterfeit: / Which, with the Weight of massy Reason join'd, / Declare the Strength and Quickness of her Mind; / Her Thoughts are noble, and her Sense refin'd."

— Davys, Mary (1674-1732)

Date: 1725

"I ever been a Disciple of Artemedorus, I shou'd have been very uneasy at my last Night's Dream, which made so dreadful an Impression upon my Fancy, that I have hardly yet recovered it."

— Davys, Mary (1674-1732)

Date: 1726

"But the Occasion had imprinted in my Mind a lively Idea of him."

— Chetwood, William Rufus (d. 1766)

Date: 1726

" I remember very well, after this Accident, whenever I had Occasion to cross a Stile, in Pensylvania or Old England, I ever took Care to look before me; so lasting is the Impression of Fear and Danger upon the Minds of Men."

— Chetwood, William Rufus (d. 1766)