Date: 1717
Shakespeare was "the Genius of our Isle, whose Mind / (The universal Mirror of Mankind) / Express'd all Images"
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Date: 1735
"Still can my Soul in Fancy's Mirrour view / Deeds glorious once."
preview | full record— Somervile, William (1675-1742)