 always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. 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 are subject to...  The British Essayists: The Spectator - Strana viipodľa Alexander Chalmers - 1802Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - Počet stránok 1090
...tide comes rolling in, Let a fieree unruly joy The settl'd qulot of thy mind destroy. Anon. I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter...an act, the former as an habit of the mind. Mirth ' V. Nos. 887-393.—C. is short and transient, chearfulness fixed and permanent. Those we often raised... | |
 | William Taylor - 1856 - Počet stránok 350
...momentary brilliance; cheerfulness is the day-light of the soul, which steeps it in perpetual serenity. Those are often raised into the greatest transports...subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy; whereas cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such exquisite gladness, prevents our falling... | |
 | John Todd - 1856 - Počet stránok 296
...it is not what you want. Let the beautiful pen of Addison instruct you. " I have always," says he, " 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... | |
 | 1857 - Počet stránok 240
...Eternity? replied, " The lifetime of the Almighty God." PENCILLED PASSAGES. CHEERFULNESS. 193 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - Počet stránok 226
...And our tears add a charm to the prospect of heaven. XXV.—ON CHEERFULNESS. Bisnoi' HEBER. 1. I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I' consider as an act, 113 the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent.... | |
 | P. F. Merlet - 1858 - Počet stránok 188
...111 Ne jette point sur moi un regard courroucé. transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those 4 are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth...melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it dojs uot give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from filling into any depth of sorrow.... | |
 | John Richardson Major - 1858 - Počet stránok 216
...whilst that which is above the price of an estate is flung away with disregard and contempt. IX. 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - Počet stránok 226
...our tears add a charm to the prospect of heaven. XXV. — ON CHEERFULNESS. Bisnop HEBEE. 1. I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, 113 the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent.... | |
 | James Everett - 1861 - Počet stránok 212
...Addison, "preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an net, the former as a ha'oit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness...transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depression of All those pretty poet'c touches about a laughing child being the best portrait of happiness,—an... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1861 - Počet stránok 532
...falls below it. Dryden is read with frequent astonishment; and Pope with perpetual delight. 9. 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... | |
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