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fix #H6189 - Eyes of the Overworld database entry

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The phrasing of the data.base entry for the Eyes of the Overworld
reads as if it is continuing some passage in a reference book, but
that comes off strange when using '/' to see it.  Rephrase it.

data.base could stand to have an entry for 'lenses'....
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# NetHack 3.6 data.base
# $NHDT-Date: 1524683801 2018/04/25 19:16:41 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.84 $
# $NHDT-Date: 1545359287 2018/12/21 02:28:07 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.87 $
# Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
# Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
# NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
@@ -1629,9 +1629,19 @@ eye of the aethiopica
the power to instantly open a portal to any other area of the
dungeon, allowing its invoker to travel quickly between
areas.
# note: The Eyes of the Overworld is the title of Jack Vance's sequel
# to The Dying Earth and in it the 'Eyes' were separate "cusps" that
# needed to be worn like contact lenses, one on each eyeball. Wearing
# just one and attempting to look with both eyes caused instant stun.
# And when wearing two you couldn't see normal world, only a projection
# of it that had similar topology but where everything was "better".
# NetHack simplifies things: a pair of lenses is a single item like
# spectacles (eyeglasses), and the effect of wearing these lenses has
# been changed to be useful to game play (Xray vision). [The quote is
# not derived from the book.]
eyes of the overworld
... and finally there is "the Eyes of the Overworld". This
obscure artifact pushes the wearer's view sense into the
The Eyes of the Overworld is a rather obscure artifact.
These magical lenses push the wearer's view sense into the
"overworld" -- another name for a segment of the Astral Plane.
Usually, there is nothing to be seen. However, the wearer
is also able to look back and see the area around herself,