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: 1717
"He has recited all his warlike Deeds, / To make Impression on your grateful Heart.:
preview | full record— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)
Date: 1717
"If once the Queen be parted from the Prince, / The Lustre of a Crown will soon efface / Th'Impression made upon a Woman's Heart."
preview | full record— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)
Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"D'elmont, tho' he was a little startled to find her so much more Mistress of her Temper then he believ'd she could be, yet resolv'd to make all possible use of this Opportunity, which probably might be the last he shou'd ever have, look'd on her as she spoke, with Eyes so piercing, so sparkling ...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"Sure I am, all that Disdain and Rage could inspire Malice with, had been inflicted on you, but you well know my Soul is of another Stamp."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"Books were, as it were, Preparatives to Love, and by their softening Influence, melted the Soul, and made it fit for amorous Impressions."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"There is nothing more certain, than that Love, tho' it fills the Mind with a thousand charming Ideas, which those untouch'd by that Passion are not capable of conceiving; yet it entirely takes away the Power of Utterance, and the deeper Impression it had made on the Soul, the less we are able to...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1722, 1725
"I got into an Arbor in the Garden, to peruse the dear Contents, which I very well remember, and are too deeply engraven in my Mind, ever to be forgotten."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1723, 1740
"The strong Impression / May break my Heart, but shall not bend my Mind."
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)