 | Charles Buck - Theology - 1815 - 546 pages
...sorrow. Mirth is like a Hash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters fur a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and nils it with a steady and perpetual serenity." Mirth is sinful. 1. When men rejoice in that which is... | |
 | John Wilson (D.D.) - Bible - 1816 - 308 pages
...eheerfulness though it does not give the mind sueh 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 elouds, and glitters for a moment ; eheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, .-- and... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents ns from falling into any depth of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitteis for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...a gladnefs fo exquifite, prevents it from falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flafh 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.... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 862 pages
...pive fuch an exquifite gladnefs, prevents us from falling into depths of lorrow. Mirth is like a fhlh of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; checrfulnefs keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a Heady and perp'.'tual ferenity.... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...cheerfulness, though 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...the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. Spectator. 9. At the same time that I think discretion the most useful' talent a man can... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind snch an exquisite gladness, prevents us from fulling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of...lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds and glitter* for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and liiislt with a steady... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...cheerfulness, though 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, thai breaks through a gloom of clouds, aud glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of... | |
 | Charles Buck - Theology - 1821 - 616 pages
...contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of...the mind, 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... | |
 | Moral essays - 1821 - 188 pages
...contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the Wind much exquisite gladness, prevents it from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of...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... | |
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... 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... 
