 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
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - Počet stránok 668
...bed, to ask him whether the Christian religion was true."—Dr. YOUNG. Spencers Anecdotes. " I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter...transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those arc often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depression of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1883 - Počet stránok 708
...full tide comes rolling in, Let a fk'nc unruly joy The settl'd quiet of thy mind destroy. ANON. 1 HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter...an act, the former as an habit of the mind. Mirth 1 V. Noa. 387-393.—C. ie snort and transient, chearfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised... | |
 | John Swett - 1884 - Počet stránok 414
...short, two worlds—the civilization of Africa, and the civilization of Europe. VICTOR Hooo. 6. 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 trdnsient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Mirth is like... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1884 - Počet stránok 200
...of regular troops would gain over a numberless undisciplined militia. 31. OX CHEERFULNESS. 1. 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... | |
 | John Swett - 1884 - Počet stránok 404
...short, two worlds—the civilization of Africa, and the civilization of Europe. TtOTOE Hl >oo. 6. 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. Mirth is like... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - Počet stránok 416
...death-bed, to ask him whether the Christian religion was true."—Dr. Youno. Sj'ence's Anecdotes. " I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter...transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depression of melancholy : on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an... | |
 | Short essays - 1885 - Počet stránok 208
...perfecting the stage as any wherewith the French can furnish us. 35. ON CHEERFULNESS. (By Addison.) 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1886 - Počet stránok 568
...1 consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, chearfulness 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 io gladness, prevents us from falling... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - Počet stránok 572
....-i.mi-., rolling in, Let a fierce, uuruly joy The settled quiet of tliy mind destroy.' —Anon. 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 ire often... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - Počet stránok 554
...death-bed, to ask him whether the Christian religion was true." — Dr. YOUNG. Spence's Anecdotes. " I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter...transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depression of melancholy: on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite... | |
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