The Speaker ; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ... ; To which are Prefixed, Two Essays |
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ON CHEERFULNESS . 1 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 . These are often raised into the
greatest ...
ON CHEERFULNESS . 1 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 . These are often raised into the
greatest ...
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Ir we consider cheerfulness in three lights , with regard to ourselves , to those we
converse with , and to the great Author of our being , it will not a little recommend
itself on each of these accounts . The man who is possessed of this excellent ...
Ir we consider cheerfulness in three lights , with regard to ourselves , to those we
converse with , and to the great Author of our being , it will not a little recommend
itself on each of these accounts . The man who is possessed of this excellent ...
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But as nothing is more pernicious than a principle of action , when it is
misunderstood , I shall consider honour with respect to three sorts of men . First of
all , with regard to those who have a right notion of it . Secondly , with regard to
those who ...
But as nothing is more pernicious than a principle of action , when it is
misunderstood , I shall consider honour with respect to three sorts of men . First of
all , with regard to those who have a right notion of it . Secondly , with regard to
those who ...
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Warrington Academy 27 Domeſtic Love and Hap | 11 |
DIDACTIC PIECES | 58 |
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