 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 - Page 28by Elegant extracts - 1816Full view - About this book
 | 1739 - 312 pages
...a Flafh of Lightning, that breaks thro' a Gloom of Clouds, and glitters for a Moment ; Chearfulnefs keeps up a kind of Day-light in the Mind, and fills it with a fteddy and perpetual Serenity. MEN of auftere Principles look upon Mirth as too wanton and dilTolute... | |
 | Charles Palmer (Deputy Serjeant of the House of Commons.) - 1748 - 342 pages
...flafli of lightening, that breaks thro' a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment. Chearfulnefs keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity. 1 152. It is a pitiful fneaking fort of life, that of a backbiter, always... | |
 | 1867 - 964 pages
...transient, cheerfulness || fixed ' and permanent. Mirth || is like a flash of lightning, that gutters ' for a moment: cheerfulness [| keeps up a kind of daylight ' in the mind. Some || place the bliss ' in action, some || in ease; Those || call it pleasure, and contentment \\... | |
 | John Trusler - 1783 - 352 pages
...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. j^ffurance, ImpaJence. dffurance is the faculty of pofleffing a man's... | |
 | John Trusler - 1783 - 252 pages
...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. jijjurance, Impudence. dffurance is the faculty of pofleffing a man-s... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...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. Vr MEN of auftere principles look upon mirth as too wan. ton and diffolute... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...flafh of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clomli, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulnels keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity. Speftater. 9. At the fame lime that I think difcrction the rhoft ufeful... | |
 | 1797 - 332 pages
...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 ferenity. " If we confider CHEERFULNESS in three lights, " I. With regard to ourfelves,... | |
 | 1797 - 680 pages
...flaih of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; chearfulnefs keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a Heady and perpetual ferenity. Men of auftere principles look upon mirth as too wanton and difTolute... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 pages
...iiafh 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. Chesrfulnefs of :nind is of a fcrious and competed nature ; it doss... | |
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