Date: 1715-1720
"[H]e would place in Opposition on one side the Son's Action which began the War, and on the other the Impressions of Concern or Repentance which it must by this time have made in the Father's Mind."
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Date: 1715-1720
One should "grieve not excessively, let not sorrow make too great an Impression upon thy Heart."
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Date: 1725-6
"The manner likewise of its introduction is not less judicious; the mind is apt to dwell upon those objects in sleep which make a deep impression when awake."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.
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"
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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."
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Date: 1737
"Now one Impression in their Bosoms dwells, / Another when the Wind the Clouds dispels."
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Date: 1739, 1741
"In These, whatever Sense first strikes their Thought, / (Or wrong or right) th' Impression deep is wrought"
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Date: 1739
"Thy wounds upon my heart impress, / Nor [a]ught shall the loved stamp efface"
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Date: 1739
"Stamp thy whole Image on our Heart, / And all our Souls be Thine!"
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Date: 1741
"But soon his tender Mind th' Impression felt"
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)