Date: 1722

"Yon Knight said he, in War is so expert, / And has it so engraven on his Heart, / That he unto a very Point does know, / Each Stratagem, and nice Punctilio."

— Hamilton, William, of Gilbertfield (c. 1665-1751)

Date: 1722

" The Print of Love new-stamp'd his ductile Breast, / And with soft Characters his Soul Imprest"

— Hamilton, William, of Gilbertfield (c. 1665-1751)

Date: 1724, 1756

"Consult the native Dictates of thy Soul; / And if thou there discern the Maker's Hand, / Confess his Care, resign to his Command."

— Tollet, Elizabeth (1694-1754)

Date: 1725-6

"O Prince attend! some sav'ring pow'r be kind,
And print th'important story on thy mind!"

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

Date: 1725-6

"Then hear my words, and grave them in thy mind!"

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

Date: 1725-6

"He saw that all the sparks of virtue and humanity were not extinguished in Amphinomus; he therefore warns him with great solemnity to forsake the Suitors; he imprints conviction upon his mind, tho' ineffectually, and shews by it that when he falls by the hand of Ulysses in the succ...

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

Date: 1726, 1753

"Restless, on paper, we our vows repeat, / And pour our souls out, on the missive sheet"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1728

"Your Present's most gentile and kind, / Baith rich and shining as your Mind"

— Ramsay, Allan (1684-1758)

Date: 1728

"While Love, recording with a keener Dart, / Engrav'd each Token deeper on my Heart!"

— Pattison, William (1706-1727)

Date: 1728

"I think / I'ad e'en as good take up with Ink: / On second Thoughts too, 'cause 'tis black, / It seems the very thing I lack, / For I am apt to think his Soul / Is somewhat darker than a Coal."

— Pattison, William (1706-1727)