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Date: 1723

"If offer'd in a mild and tim'rous Tone, / Nor urg'd and press'd, its [Counsel's] feeble Force is gone, / And leaves no more Impressions on the Mind, / Than Rocks receive from a soft Breeze of Wind."

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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Date: 1723

"Prince Alfred's unresisting Mind / Receiv'd th' Impressions, by the Guide design'd"

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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Date: 1723

"But gen'rous Alfred's Mercy, so he'll find, / Has left Impressions grateful on my Mind"

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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Date: 1723

"Alfred awakens from the Vision, which leaves deep Impression on his Mind."

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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Date: 1723

"For still we find Plebeian Minds are sway'd / By strong Impressions on the Senses made"

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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Date: 1723

"When Alfred thus had view'd with ravish'd Eyes / These bright Etherial Seats, these happy Skies, / Which on his Soul divine Impressions made, / And high Idea's to his Thought convey'd, / They by Degrees descended thro' the Air / To the sad Realms of Horrour and Despair; / The Walks of Death, and...

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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Date: 1723

"While shiv'ring Chillness seizes every Vein, / Slackens their Sinews and disturbs their Brain, / Which deep Impressions left of various Kind, / That pain the Body or afflict the Mind."

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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Date: 1724

"To gain the unbeliever to my wishes, / I stirr'd his temper with such cautious art, / That, ere his judgment cou'd exert its phlegm, / His blood took ferment from a warmth of passion: / Then, while his fi'ry spirit flam'd with rage, / In its full heat, I stamp'd it with revenge."

— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)

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Date: 1726, 1753

"Such contraries almighty wisdom finds, / And stamps on human minds."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

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Date: 1729, 1737

"This friendly counsel, to the Nymph convey'd, / No small Impression on her Fancy made:"

— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.