 Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such...  The British Essayists;: Spectator - الصفحة 2بواسطة Alexander Chalmers - 1808عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Charles Maurice Stebbins - 1906 - عدد الصفحات: 478
...subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents...fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.— The Spectator. Questions. 2. Does the second sentence explain the subject, or give a reason for the... | |
 | Dorothy Canfield Fisher, George Rice Carpenter - 1906 - عدد الصفحات: 306
...contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us froin falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a...and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. — JOSEPH ADDISON : The Spectator. Exercise 132. — Using this device of comparison, and adding to... | |
 | Constance M. Whishaw - 1908 - عدد الصفحات: 402
...And so of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains." EMERSON. " MIRTH is like a flash of lightning that breaks through...and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity." ADDISON. ' ALWAYS laugh when you can ; it is a cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood.... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - عدد الصفحات: 788
...CHEERFULNESS. 65 habit of the mind. Mirth ie short and traitaient ; cheerfulness, fixed and permanent. Mirth ie like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom...Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity. — A Mitón. You have not fulfilled every duty unless... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - عدد الصفحات: 776
...CHEERFULNESS. 65 habit of the mind. Mirth is ehort and transient ; cheerfulness, fixed and permanent. fu glitter» for a moment. Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady... | |
 | Alice B. Macdonald - 1911 - عدد الصفحات: 630
...subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents...and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. — Joseph Addison: The Spectator. Perhaps few people have ever asked themselves why they admire a... | |
 | William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane - 1916 - عدد الصفحات: 540
...subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents...and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. Men of austere principles look upon mirth as too wanton and dissolute for a state of probation, and... | |
 | Herbert Charles O'Neill - 1919 - عدد الصفحات: 480
...subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents...kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a sort of steady and permanent serenity. " Men of austere principles look upon mirth as too wanton and... | |
 | William Dodge Lewis, James Fleming Hosic - 1927 - عدد الصفحات: 552
...cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind so exquisite a gladness, prevents us from falling into the depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning...Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind and nils it with a steady and perfect serenity. PRACTICE Read the essay The Turning Point in My Life and... | |
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