 Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.  Elegant extracts - עמוד 28מאת Elegant extracts - 1816תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Charles Buck - 1821 - 616 דפים
...of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight...and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity." Mirth is -sinful, 1. When men rejoice in that which is evil. 2. When unreasonable. 3. When tending... | |
 | Moral essays - 1821 - 188 דפים
...depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, &nd fills it with a steady and perpetual se* fenity. » Men of austere principles look upon mirth sis... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 דפים
...amiable simplicity, and render deformity itself agreeable. Cheerfulness is the health of the soul ; it is a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. • 8. Never be ashamed of being convinced, for he that is confuted is wiser than he was, and therefore... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 806 דפים
...of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light...of heart that is inconsistent with a life which is everv nrument obnoxious to the greatest dangers. Writers of this complexion have observed, that the... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 דפים
...of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight...with a certain triumph and insolence of heart, that are inconsistent with a life which is every moment obnoxious to the greatest dangers. Writers of this.... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 דפים
...of lightning , that breaks through a gloom of c loads and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. — Spectatar. 9. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master... | |
 | 1824 - 188 דפים
...depth of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light...with a certain triumph and insolence of heart, that are inconsistent with a life, which is every moment obnoxious to the greatest dangers. Cheerfulness... | |
 | Moral essays - 1824 - 186 דפים
...deptb of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light...with a certain triumph and insolence of heart, that are inconsistent with a life, which is every momentabnoxious to the greatest dangers. Cheerfulness... | |
 | John Fawcett - 1824 - 218 דפים
...of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, which breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight...filled with a certain triumph and insolence of heart, which is inconsistent with a life every moment obnoxious to the greatest dangers. "Writers of this... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 דפים
...of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters я 1 state of probation, and as filled with a certain triumph and insolence of heart that is inconsistent... | |
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