F I was an Optician, - I think that I would almost as willingly - Waltz blindfold and barefoot among 9 Red hot Ploughshares laid at unequal distances from each other, - as have All my Telescopes tried by that truly troublesome test a Fixed Star.
The Economy of the Eyes Part II, Chapter XVII (p. 153), Printed for Hurst, Robinson & Co. 1824