impressure
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of impressure
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It is usually, indeed, the minor poetry of an age which keeps most distinctly the "cicatrice and capable impressure" of a passing literary fashion.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
Her very phrases!—By your leave, wax.—Soft!—and the impressure her Lucrece, with which she uses to seal: 'tis my lady.
From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
To the unknown beloved, this, and my good wishes: her very phrases!—By your leave, wax.—Soft!—and the impressure her Lucrece, with which she uses to seal: 'tis my lady: To whom should this be?
From Twelfth Night or, What You Will by J P Kemble
At this first view the lake has that look of a serene obliviousness to the flight of passing centuries, that impressure of eternity, that belongs to all great works of God or man.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman
Soft! and the impressure her Lucrece, with which she uses to seal; 't is my lady.
From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
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