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"Light"
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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Author name:
"Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)"
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"Male"
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Literary Period:
"Augustan"
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"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Religion of Author:
"Anglican (High Church)"
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Date: From Thursd. April 6. to Saturd. April 8. 1710
"It [the light of Elysium] pierces the thickest Bodies, in the same Manner as the Sun Beams pass through Chrystal: It strengthens the Sight instead of dazzling it; and nourishes in the most inward Recesses of the Mind, a perpetual Serenity that is not to be express'd."
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