 | 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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents ns from falling into any depth of sorrow. Mirth is like...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... | |
 | John Wilson (D.D.) - Bible - 1816 - 308 pages
...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... | |
 | 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
...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, that...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 be master... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Buck - Theology - 1821 - 616 pages
...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 lightning, that...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 tending... | |
 | Moral essays - 1821 - 188 pages
...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 lightning that...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... | |
 | William Pinnock - Readers (Elementary) - 1822 - 252 pages
...amiable simplicity, and render deformity itself agreeable. Cheerfulness is the health of the soul ; it is a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. • 8. Never be ashamed of being convinced, for he that is confuted is wiser than he was, and therefore... | |
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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. 
