Date: 1725-6
A story "comes with more weight at once, than if it had been made at several times, and consequently makes a deeper impression upon the memory and passion of the auditors"
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.
Date: 1733
"It was not for any Credit that she gave to such vain Images, but her Mind was still impress'd with the Vision she saw in her Sleep; and though every Thing seem'd to preclude her Hopes, yet it was not possible for her to renounce the Thoughts of Happiness after what she had seen with her own Eyes."
preview | full record— Morando, Bernardo (1589-1656); Gaspard-Moïse-Augustin de Fontanieu; Anonymous
Date: 1737
"As pliant Wax each new Impression takes, / Fixt to no Form, but still the Old forsakes, / Yet is the same: so Souls the same abide, / Tho' various Figures their Reception hide."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"Now one Impression in their Bosoms dwells, / Another when the Wind the Clouds dispels."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1739, 1741
"In These, whatever Sense first strikes their Thought, / (Or wrong or right) th' Impression deep is wrought"
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1739
"Thy wounds upon my heart impress, / Nor [a]ught shall the loved stamp efface"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1739
"Stamp thy whole Image on our Heart, / And all our Souls be Thine!"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1741
"But soon his tender Mind th' Impression felt"
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"Her curious Thoughts the Ring's Impression bear, / And new Ideas interrupt her Rest."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"What strong Impressions does Affection give? / By Fancy, Men have often ceas'd to live."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)