 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 Phrenological Journal and Miscellany - Page 2291827Full view - About this book
 | 1739 - 312 pages
...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... | |
 | Gorges Edmond Howard - 1782 - 376 pages
...; 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 - 252 pages
...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... | |
 | John Trusler - 1783 - 352 pages
...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | James Beattie - 1790 - 460 pages
...friend is always welcome, and one of the greateft comforts of life. Mirth, fays Addifon, is like a flam of lightning that breaks through . a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment : chearfulnefs keeps up a kind of funmine in the foul, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pages
...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.... | |
 | 1797 - 332 pages
...an exquiflte gladnefs, " prevents us from falling into any depths of forrow. " MIRTH is like a flafh of lightning, that breaks through " a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; CHEER" FULNESS keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and " fills it with a fteady and perpetual... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 pages
...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... | |
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