Date: 1771
"If they had made no impression upon his heart"
preview | full record— Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Date: 1772
"This fable is one of the noblest in all the ancient mythology, and seems to have made a particular impression on the imagination of Milton."
preview | full record— Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)
Date: 1772
"The poetry of them is often extremely noble; and the mysterious air which prevails in them, together with its delightful impression upon the mind, cannot be better expressed than in that remarkable description with which they inspired the German editor Eschenbach."
preview | full record— Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)
Date: 1772
"A Line, or two, / If writ by you, / Will more Impression make / Upon her Heart, / Than all that I can do."
preview | full record— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)
Date: 1772
"Consult the Impression in your Breast, / And own, what all Mankind attest."
preview | full record— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)
Date: 1773
"A deep impression on my mind / This farewel scene has left behind"
preview | full record— Robertson, James (fl.1768-1788)
Date: 1773, 1810
"Must not a being, then, by nature wrought, / To show her power in matter, and in thought, /Each light impression thrilling through his frame, /Inspired by heaven's most sublimated flame;"
preview | full record— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)
Date: 1773
"When the soul is engrossed by any violent passion, when the imagination forms a lively picture of the charms of a favourite object, represents it as the idol of the heart, adorns it with every attractive grace, and suffers it to make a deep impression on the mind; by degrees the charms, in which...
preview | full record— Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793)
Date: 1773, 1894-1895
One may learn "her Lesson from within" and "There […] read the Characters imprest / Upon the Mind of ev'ry human Breast,-- / The native Laws prescrib'd to every Soul, / And Love, the One Fulfiller of the Whole."
preview | full record— Byrom, John (1692-1763)
Date: 1773
"It was chiefly in this manner of instilling sentiments, (as in the case of the charitable establishment I have mentioned) by leading insensibly to the practice of virtue, rather than by downright precept, that Annesly proceeded with his children; for it was his maxim, that the heart must feel, a...
preview | full record— Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)