 | 1739 - 312 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 to be pecking at, and feeding... | |
 | Gorges Edmond Howard - 1782 - 376 lehte
...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. A cheerful mirid is not only difpofed to be affable and obliging, but excites the fame good humour... | |
 | John Trusler - 1783 - 352 lehte
...whereas cheerfulnefs, though it does not give the mind fuch an exquifite gladnefs, prevents usJrom falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a...and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity. j^ffurance, ImpaJence. dffurance is the faculty of pofleffing a man's felf, or of faying and doing... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 lehte
...depreffions of melancholy : on the contrary, cheerfulnefs, though it does not give the mind fuch an exquifue gladnefs, prevents us from falling into any depths...and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity. Vr MEN of auftere principles look upon mirth as too wan. ton and diffolute for a ftate of probation,... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 lehte
...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 talent a man can be mafter... | |
 | 1797 - 332 lehte
...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, " 2. To thofe we converfe... | |
 | 1797 - 680 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity. Chesrfulnefs of :nind is of a fcrious and competed nature ; it doss not throw the mind into a condition... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 lehte
...flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds, ?.B«! glitters for a moment: Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. 2. Men of austere principles look upon mirth as too vranton and dissolute... | |
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... it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any 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 daylight... 
