Date: 1712
"Our wondring Eyes his high Perfections view, / The lofty Contemplation we pursue, / 'Till ravish'd we the great Idea find, / Shining in bright Impressions on our Mind."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1712
"Objects, which thro' the Senses make their Way, / And just Impressions to the Soul convey, Give her Occasion first her self to move, / And to exert her Hatred, or her Love."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1712
"Still travel to and fro the Nervous way, / And their Impressions to the Brain convey, / Where their Report the Vital Envoys make, / And with new Orders are remanded back."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1712
"You say, the Spirits in the Optick Nerve, / Mov'd by the intercepted Image, serve / To bear th' Impression to the Brain, and give / The Stroke, by which the Object we perceive."
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Date: 1713
"The hero's presence deep impression makes; / The scenes his soul and body re-unite / Furnish a voice, produce him to the sight."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1715-1720
"In this Case the principal Image is more strongly impress'd on the Mind by a Multiplication of Similes, which are the natural Product of an Imagination labouring to express something very vast."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
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: 1715-1720
"'Tis by a bare Repetition of his Name three times, which just leaves some Impression of him on the Mind of the Reader"
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1715-1720
"[H]e would place in Opposition on one side the Son's Action which began the War, and on the other the Impressions of Concern or Repentance which it must by this time have made in the Father's Mind."
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