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NYG(B.729.003
12-19 May 1729:22 (185)
Letter to Publisher [pp. 1 and 2, Observations on Human
Life, No. 13; translation of an Arabian manuscript, a
collection of tracts written by a famous Oriental Magi,
called The Meditation of Cassim the son of Ahmed]. The
Genius having spoken these words continued silent for some
time, when my ears were at once surprized with the melody of
innumerable voices and instruments of musick, which seemed
to resound from a great height in the air. Immediately the
Genius soar'd away, and my eyes lost him in the sublime
aether. I then turned my sight eastward, and saw the
dawning day smile on topes of the mountains. The meditation
of Cassim is finished.
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