 Which others often show for pride, / value for their power to please, And selfish churls deride ; — One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ;...  The Ashlar - Стр. 137редактор(ы): - 1860Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - Страниц: 600
...tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool; — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double...shall not miss them much, — Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! OW HOLMES. THE FIGHT OVER THE BODY OF KE1TT. A fragment... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - Страниц: 584
...tricks I will not fool; — Shall not carved tables serve my learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart turn. But all must be of buhl? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but nne recumbent chair. Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch, If Heaven more... | |
 | 1875 - Страниц: 432
...I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double...shall not miss them much, — Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! THE LAST LEAF. I" SAW hi:n once before, As he passed... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - Страниц: 436
...I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double...golden touch ; If Heaven more generous gifts deny, 311 PARSON TURELL'3 LEGACY. PARSON TURELL'S LEGACY: OR, THE PRESIDENT'S OLD ARM-CHAIR, A MATHEMATICAL... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - Страниц: 584
...But all must be of buhl? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent chair. Thin humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden...Heaven more generous gifts deny, I shall not miss them mach, — Toj grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content! O. lY. HOLMES. THE... | |
 | 1875 - Страниц: 540
...not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl 1 Give grasping pomp its double care, — I ask but one recumbent chair. Thus humble let me...Nor long for Midas' golden touch ; If Heaven more gen'rous gifts deny, I shall not miss them much, — Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - Страниц: 588
...I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent chair. Tiiu-i humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch, If Heaven more generous gifts... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - Страниц: 444
...will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart ftx.1 } — Shall not carved tables serve my turn, • But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one rwumbent cliai™. Thus humble let me Ifve and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch, If Heaven more... | |
 | 1875 - Страниц: 432
...will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; — • Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I as!i but one recumbent chair. . -.-.. £ *THE LAST LEAF. Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - 1899 - Страниц: 548
...Shall not carved tables servo my turn, But all must be of buhl ? Give grasping pomp its double care — I ask but one recumbent chair. Thus humble let me live and die, Xor long for Midas' golden touch ; If Heaven more gcn'rous gifts deny, I shall not miss them much —... | |
| |
