Date: 1715
"As unregarded thro' the Vaulted Skies, / The Wat'ry South in Noisy Tempest flies: / Just so the vain Expressions touch our Mind, / Nor any strong Impressions leave behind."
preview | full record— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Date: 1715
"When all alone she was surpriz'd to find / Such strong Impressions on her feeble Mind."
preview | full record— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Date: 1719
"Than from this Mind, O! venerable Shade, / Th'Impression be eras'd thy Words have made."
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Date: 1742
"Of this number I could name a Peer no less elevated by Nature than by Fortune, who whilst he wears the noblest Ensigns of Honour on his Person, bears the truest Stamp of Dignity on his Mind, adorned with Greatness, enriched with Knowledge, and embelished with Genius."
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1742
"But as it happens to Persons, who have in their Infancy been thoroughly frightned with certain no Persons called Ghosts, that they retain their Dread of those Beings, after they are convinced that there are no such things; so these young Ladies, tho' they no longer apprehend devouring, cannot so...
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)