 | 1739 - 312 sivua
...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 sivua
...melancholy : on the contrary, cheerfulnefs, though it does not give the mind fuch an exquifite gladntfs, prevents us from falling into any .depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a iiafh of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment : cheerfulnefs... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1802 - 278 sivua
...the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those ase often raised in16 the greatest transports of mirth, who are subject...the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not giVe the mind such an exquisite gladness, pitvents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is'... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 sivua
...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...contrary , Cheerfulness , though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness , prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is... | |
 | 1804 - 412 sivua
...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 sivua
...consider as an act, the former as an habit, of the mind. Mirth is short and transient ; cheat-fulness, 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... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 sivua
...•*• latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of thn mind. Mirth Is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often...raised into the greatest transports of mirth, -who are sebject to the greatest depressions of melancholy : on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it docs not... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1807 - 508 sivua
...: Mirth is considered as an act ; cheerfulness an habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient ; cheerfulness fixed and permanent. " Those are often...give such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from talling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 sivua
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 344 sivua
...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 raised into the greatest transports of mirth who arc subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. On the contrary, ckeerfulness, though it does... | |
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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... 
