Date: 1793
"Yet when anecdotes are not merely transcribed, but animated by judicious reflections, they recal others of a kindred nature: one suggests another; and the whole series is made to illustrate some topic that gratifies curiosity, or impresses on the mind some interesting conclusion in the affairs o...
preview | full record— Disraeli, Isaac (1766-1848)
Date: 1794
"Every person of learning is finally his own teacher; the reason of which is, that principles, being of a distinct quality to circumstances, cannot be impressed upon the memory; their place of mental residence is the understanding, and they are never so lasting as when they begin by conception."
preview | full record— Paine, Thomas (1737-1809)
Date: 1794
"As the bullion of which money is made, is the king's property, even before it is struck into coin, and before it visibly bears the royal image and superscription; so the unregenerate elect are God's own heritage, though they do not appear to be such, until the Holy Spirit has made them pass thro...
preview | full record— Toplady, Augustus (1740-1771)
Date: 1794
"If by any strong impression on the mind of our fair musician she should be interrupted for a very inconsiderable time, she can still continue her performance, according to the sixth article."
preview | full record— Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)
Date: 1794
"He and Emily continued sunk in musing silence for some leagues, from which melancholy reverie Emily first awoke, and her young fancy, struck with the grandeur of the objects around, gradually yielded to delightful impressions."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1794
"They travelled on, sunk in that thoughtful melancholy, with which twilight and solitude impress the mind."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1794
"St. Aubert concealed his face with his handkerchief, and was unable to speak; but Emily continued to urge to her father the truths, which himself had impressed upon her mind."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1794
"'Can this be my father's sister!' said she to herself; and then the conviction that she was so, warming her heart with something like kindness towards her, she felt anxious to soften the harsh impression her mind had received of her aunt's character, and to shew a willingness to oblige her."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1794
"Her thoughts, however, did not dwell long on the subject; nearer interests pressed upon them; Valancourt, rejected of her aunt, and Valancourt dancing with a gay and beautiful partner, alternately tormented her mind."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1794
"I shall look, and cannot see you; shall try to recollect your features--and the impression will be fled from my imagination;--to hear the tones of your voice, and even memory will be silent!--I cannot, cannot leave you!"
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)