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Sweetness and light

//ˌswiːtnəs n̩ ˈlaɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    That which is good, pleasant, pure, etc. idiomatic, uncountable

    "The Difference is, that inſtead of Dirt and Poiſon, we have rather choſe to fill our Hives with Honey and Wax, thus furniſhing Mankind with the two Nobleſt of Things, which are Sweetneſs and Light."

  2. 2
    a mild reasonableness wordnet

Etymology

First used by the Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) in A Full and True Account of the Battel Fought Last Friday, between the Antient and the Modern Books in St. James’s Library, known as “The Battle of the Books”, which was originally published in A Tale of a Tub (1704): see the quotation.

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