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Date: 1722

"I had deeper Impressions upon my Mind all that Night"

— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

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Date: 1722

"I had such strong Impressions on my Mind about discovering my self to my old Husband"

— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

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Date: 1722

"I relate this in the very manner in which things then appear'd to me, as far as I am able; but infinitely short of the lively impressions which they made on my Soul at that time"

— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

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Date: 1722

"However, these Thoughts left some Impression upon me, and made me act with some more caution than before"

— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

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Date: 1723

"Can'st say what diff'rent Turns the Spirits take, / When they of diff'rent Kinds Impressions make; / What vital Springs those Spirits in their Flight / Strike to cause Torment, what to give Delight."

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

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