 Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such...  The British Essayists;: Spectator - Pągina 2per Alexander Chalmers - 1808Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1739 - 312 pągines
...Melancholy : On the contrary, Chearfulnefs.tho' it does not give the Mind fuch an exquifite Gladnefs, prevents us from falling into any Depths of Sorrow. Mirth is like a Flafh of Lightning, that breaks thro' a Gloom of Clouds, and glitters for a Moment ; Chearfulnefs keeps... | |
 | Charles Palmer (Deputy Serjeant of the House of Commons.) - 1748 - 342 pągines
...flafli of lightening, that breaks thro' a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment. Chearfulnefs keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity. 1 152. It is a pitiful fneaking fort of life, that of a backbiter, always... | |
 | 1867 - 964 pągines
...transient, cheerfulness || fixed ' and permanent. Mirth || is like a flash of lightning, that gutters ' for a moment: cheerfulness [| keeps up a kind of daylight ' in the mind. Some || place the bliss ' in action, some || in ease; Those || call it pleasure, and contentment \\... | |
 | Gorges Edmond Howard - 1782 - 376 pągines
...; it makes us happy in ourfelves, agreeable to others, and pleafing to GotJ. Mirth is like a flafh of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment : Cheerfulnefs keeps up a kind of day light in the mind, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity.... | |
 | John Trusler - 1783 - 352 pągines
...fuch an exquifite gladnefs, prevents usJrom falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flam of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulnefs, keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual... | |
 | John Trusler - 1783 - 252 pągines
...fuch an exquifite gladnefs, prevents us from falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flam of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulnefs, keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pągines
...fuch an exquifue gladnefs, prevents us from falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flam of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds* and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulnefs keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity.... | |
 | 1786 - 670 pągines
...an exquilite gladnefs, prevents us from falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flaih ot lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; chearfulnefs keeps up a kind of day-light ”n the mind, and fills it with a fteady ami perpetual... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 pągines
...flafh of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clomli, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulnels keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity. Speftater. 9. At the fame lime that I think difcrction the rhoft ufeful... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pągines
...fuch an cxquifne gladnefs, prevents us from falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flalh of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; chearfulnefs keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and alls it with a fleady and perpetual ferenity.... | |
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