Date: 1792
"I have just risen from a conversation which has made a deep impression on my mind."
preview | full record— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)
Date: 1793
"Religion is a principle which the practice of all ages has deeply impressed upon the mind."
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)
Date: 1793
"We must divulge our sentiments with the utmost frankness. We must endeavour to impress them upon the minds of others."
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)
Date: 1793
"Yet such is the construction of the human mind, that fear must be strongly imprest not to wear off by time."
preview | full record— Anonymous [By an American Lady]
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)