 | Charles Buck - 1851 - 888 페이지
.... . Vitw of Deistical Writers, letter 3, 4, 7; Hurrion on the Spirit, p. 2119, &c. , cheerffriness, though it does not give such an exquisite gladness,...from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a-flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a - moment ; cheerfulness... | |
 | Horae - 1851 - 414 페이지
...melancholy ; on the contrary, cheerfulnefs, though 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 through a gloom of clouds and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulnefs... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1852 - 250 페이지
...mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often...subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. 7. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) - 1853 - 194 페이지
...The latter I consider as an act ; the former, as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often...the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 548 페이지
...mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often...the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like... | |
 | John Todd - 1853 - 302 페이지
...the mind. Mirth is short and transient ; cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised to the greatest transports of mirth who are subject to...the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 페이지
...is short and transient ; cheerfulness, fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the highest transports of mirth, who are subject to the greatest...the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, yet it prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 페이지
...The latter I consider as an act, the former as an habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often...transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depression of melancholy : on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 페이지
...The latter I consider as an act, the former as an habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often...transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depression of melancholy: on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 698 페이지
...paper is supported and set off by an exquisite expression.— -H. w short and transient, chearfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the...greatest depressions of melancholy : on the contrary, chearfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling... | |
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I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth, who are subject... 
