Date: 1713, 1719
"For in our Youth we commonly dress our Thoughts in the Mirrour of Self-Flattery, and expect that Heaven, Fortune, and the World, should cajole our Follies, as we do our own, and lay all Faults on others, and all Praise on our selves."
preview | full record— Barker, Jane (1675-1743)
Date: 1733
Reason's "clear Mirror" can reflect the past actions and represent passions
preview | full record— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)