Date: 1728

"Say, to what friendly Aid we owe / Those Gleams that in the Minds fair Mirrour play?"

— Pattison, William (1706-1727)

Date: 1731

"Say to what friendly Aid we owe / Those Gleams that in the Mind's fair Mirror play."

— Travers, H. (f. 1730)

Date: 1731

The soul may join "her great Original," "Like a Sun Beam that springs with vibrant Force, / And darts to meet its ever-glorious Source"

— Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)

Date: 1732

"Heav'ns! what Ideas fill'd each mighty Mind! / Their Works appear'd the Mirrour of Mankind!"

— Mitchell, Joseph (c. 1684-1738)

Date: 1733-1735

"Still be his Image on your Mind imprest; / Be that the Mirror which you most admire, / Mortality itself can rise no higher."

— Bowden, Samuel (fl. 1733-1761)

Date: 1733

Reason's "clear Mirror" can reflect the past actions and represent passions

— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

Date: 1733-4

"For Wit's false mirror held up Nature's light"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1734 [1735?]

"Customs or Int'rests govern all Mankind, / Some Biass cleaves to the unguarded Mind; / Thro' this, as in a false or flatt'ring Glass / Things seem to change their Natures as they pass."

— Paget, Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget (1689-1742)

Date: 1734

"Or Fancy's beam enlarges, multiplies, / Contracts, inverts, and gives ten thousand dyes."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1735

"Still can my Soul in Fancy's Mirrour view / Deeds glorious once."

— Somervile, William (1675-1742)