10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNCHEERFULNESS»
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an expression of habitual uncheerfulness, such as Frenchmen attribute to us
nationally, and call le spleen. " Shall we ring the bell, and let them go to bed ? I
should be sorry to keep any one up for me," said Colonel Danby in a courteously
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Edward Heneage Dering, 1868
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
UNCHEERFULNESS. n.s. Melancholy ; Icoroiness of temper. — A natural
uncheerfulness of heart. Addis. * UNCHECKED, adj. 1. Unrestrained ; not
hindered. — Apt the mind, or fancy, is to rove Uncbeci'd. Milton. —Thee on the
wing thy ...
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
Melancholy ; gloominess of temper. — A natural uncheerfulness of heart* Addis. *
UNCHECKED, adj. x. Unrestrained ; not hindered.— Apt the mind, or fancy, is to
rove Uncbeck'd. Milton. —Thee on the wing thy unchecked vigour bore. Smith.
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Armilla Catechetica: a Chain of Principles: Or, An Orderly ...
Uncheerfulness maketh the soul of a man drive heavily, as the chariots of
Pharaoh did in the red sea ; but the joy of the Lord oil- eth the wheels.
Cheerfulness supplies the joints of our hearts, and so rendereth them nimble and
active in our ...
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The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England
But after the king's return from Brentford, and the furious resolution of the two
houses not to admit any treaty for peace, those indispositions, which had before
touched him, grew into a perfect habit of uncheerfulness ; and he, who had been
so ...
Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.), 1839
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from ...
houses not to admit any treaty for peace, those indispositions which had before
touched him grew into a perfect habit of uncheerfulness ; and he who had been
so exactly easy and affable to all men, that his face and countenance was always
...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, with notes by R. Hurd
Notwithstanding this general form and outside of religion is pretty well worn out
among us, there are many persons, who, by a natural uncheerfulness of heart,
mistaken notions of piety, or weakness of understanding, love to indulge this ...
Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester), 1856
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Heath's Historical Annual; Or, The Great Civil War of ...
But after the king's return from Brentford, and the furious resolution of the two
bouses not to admit any treaty for peace, those indispositions, which had before
touched him, grew into a perfect habit of uncheerfulness ; and he, who had been
so ...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., ...
Notwithstanding this general form and outside of religion is pretty well worn out
among us, there are many persons, who, by a natural uncheerfulness of heart,
mistaken notions of piety, or weakness of understanding, love to indulge this ...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times ...
236 return from Brentford, and the furious resolution of the two houses not to
admit any treaty for peace, those indispositions, which had before touched him,
grew into a perfect habit of uncheerfulness ; and he, who had been so exactly
easy ...
