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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."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)