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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. "
The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'. - Page 184
edited by - 1839
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The Miscellaneous Works: Apothegms and maxims for the good conduct of life ...

Gorges Edmond Howard - 1782 - 376 pages
...; it makes us happy in ourfelves, agreeable to others, and pleafing to GotJ. 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....
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The Distinction Between Words Esteemed Synonymous: In the English Language ...

John Trusler - 1783 - 252 pages
...fuch an exquifite gladnefs, prevents us from falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flam 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...
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The Distinction Between Words Esteemed Synonymous in the English Language ...

John Trusler - 1783 - 352 pages
...fuch an exquifite gladnefs, prevents usJrom falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flam 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...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...fuch an exquifue gladnefs, prevents us from falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flam 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....
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 5

1786 - 670 pages
...an exquilite gladnefs, prevents us from falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flaih ot lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; chearfulnefs keeps up a kind of day-light ¡n the mind, and fills it with a fteady ami perpetual...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pages
...fuch an cxquifne gladnefs, prevents us from falling into any depths of forrow. Mirth is like a flalh of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; chearfulnefs keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and alls it with a fleady and perpetual ferenity....
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Elements of Moral Science, Volume 1

James Beattie - 1790 - 460 pages
...friend is always welcome, and one of the greateft comforts of life. Mirth, fays Addifon, is like a flam of lightning that breaks through . a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment : chearfulnefs keeps up a kind of funmine in the foul, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity....
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Medical Extracts: On the Nature of Health, with Practical ..., Volume 4

1797 - 332 pages
...an exquiflte gladnefs, " prevents us 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 ; CHEER" FULNESS keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and " fills it with a fteady and perpetual...
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The Addisonian miscellany, a selection from the Spectator, Tatler, and ...

Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 pages
...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 glitters for a moment : cheerfulnefs keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a fteady and perpetual ferenity....
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...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 day-light in the mind , and fills it with a steady and perpetual...
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