! was not a little surprised to find myself suddenly surrounded with a light equal to that of the full moon, Hornsey 1754

After completing his masters degree at Cambridge in 1754, William Hirst became a navy chaplain. In April 1754, whilst living in Hornsey, Middlesex, he wrote…

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