 | 1739 - 312 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1753 - 332 páginas
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 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 páginas
...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 páginas
...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'... | |
 | 1803 - 364 páginas
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 | 1803 - 422 páginas
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 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...•*• 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... | |
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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... 
