Date: 1724

"This was a dreadful Blow to me; tho' I cannot say I was so surpriz'd as I should otherwise have been; for all the while he was gone, my Mind was oppress'd with the Weight of my own Thoughts; and I was as sure that I should never see him any more, that I think nothing could be like it; the Impres...

— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

Date: 1724

"I say, it wore off gradually; and as I had a pretty deal of Business for managing my Effects, the Hurry of that particular Part, serv'd to divert my Thoughts, and in part to wear out the Impressions which had been made upon my Mind."

— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

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

"Nor longer then she has the Heart to strive; / Yielding to all th' Impressions of his Flame"

— Glanvil, John (1664-1735)

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."

— 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"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

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)