 | Noah Webster - 1809 - 202 páginas
...former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those arc often raised into the greatest transports of mirth,...subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy ; qn the contrary, cheerfulness, though &. does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1810 - 498 páginas
...: 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 tailing into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a Hash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of... | |
 | 1810 - 350 páginas
...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...melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it docs not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow.... | |
 | William Taylor - 1813 - 400 páginas
...momentary brilliance, cheerfulness is the daylight of the soul, whic.h steeps it in perpetual serenity. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth, who are subject to the greatest tlepressions of melancholy ; whereas cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such exquisite... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 páginas
...a. latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mini},. 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... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 páginas
...I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheeifulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the...greatest depressions of melancholy : on the contrary, cheeifulness, though it does not give the mind such an extensive gladness, prevents us from falling... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 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...mirth, who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholly. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 páginas
...mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a hnbit 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 ns from falling into any depth of sorrow. Mirth is like... | |
 | John Wilson (D.D.) - 1816 - 308 páginas
...I eonsider as an aet, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, eheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth, who are subjeet to the greatest depressions of melaneholy : on the eontrary, eheerfulness though it does not... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 páginas
...former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. These are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth,...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... | |
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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... 
