imprest

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While pity prompts the rising sigh, With awful power imprest; May this dread truth, "I too must die," Sink deep in every breast.

From Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc. by Thornburgh, George

Note how each sentence is rounded out into fulness, until it is imprest upon your memory.

From Successful Methods of Public Speaking by Kleiser, Grenville

No certain form on any was imprest; All were confused, and each disturbed the rest.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

Allowing for the changes produced by time, I think sufficient analogy may be found between the ancient and modern uses of the words "imprest" and "debenture."

From Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 by Various

Any one who has seen Irving's masterly representation of the dying Louis cannot but be imprest by the verisimilitude of Northcote's presentation.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by Danton, George Henry