 | Horae - 1851 - Liczba stron: 414
...theirs. — LORD CHESTERFIELD. Cheer fulnefs v. Mirth. HAVE always preferred cheerfulnefs to mirth. The latter I confider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is fhort and tranfient, cheerfulnefs fixed and permanent. Thofe are often raifed into the greateft tranfports of mirth, who... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - Liczba stron: 442
...Pope witli perpetual delight. I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports... | |
 | William Russell - 1851 - Liczba stron: 392
...the lesson on Inflections.] 1. I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The Utter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks... | |
 | 1851 - Liczba stron: 278
...Highland Note-Book. I ON CHEERFULNESS. HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1852 - Liczba stron: 250
...chief sources of our happiness. 6. I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - Liczba stron: 548
...quiet of thy mind destroy. AirDIT. I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) - 1853 - Liczba stron: 194
...Cheerfulness preferable to Mirth. I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act ; the former, as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports... | |
 | John Todd - 1853 - Liczba stron: 302
...Addison instruct you. " I have always," says he, " preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient ; cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised to the greatest transports... | |
 | 1854 - Liczba stron: 474
...settled quiet of thy mind destroy. I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1855 - Liczba stron: 374
...Cheerful" nefs preferable to Mirth' How well it " opens! ' I have always preferred Cheer" fulnefs to Mirth. The latter I confider " as an AcT:, the former as a Habit of the "Mind."' " That will not take long in reading, " Sir. Might I have one of Shakfpeare's " Plays? I liked the... | |
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I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth, who are subject... 
