 I care not much for gold or land; Give me a mortgage here and there — Some good bank-stock — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend.  The Autocrat of the breakfast table - Стр. 305авторы: Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - Страниц: 373Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - Страниц: 630
...or land : — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune...would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James ; I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gnbcrnator's chair. Jewels are bawbles ; 't is a sin... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - Страниц: 766
...gold or land ; Give me a mortgage here and there — Some good bank-stock — some note of hand, Or pare the way ! a God, a God appears ! A God, a God ! t Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would, perhaps, be Plenipo, But... | |
 | James Ball (conveyancing clerk.) - 1878 - Страниц: 208
...or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there — Some good bank-stock — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share ; I only ask that fortune send A little more than I shall spend. " Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things ; One good sized diamond in a... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1881 - Страниц: 600
...much for gold or land, Give me a mortgage here and there, Some good bank stock, some notes of hand, Or trifling railroad share. I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I can spend." After a few more lines exquisitely full of good-humoured sarcasm there comes this final... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - Страниц: 582
...bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share; — I only ask that Fortune send A. in.il,:- more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I...Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things ; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not so large, in... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - Страниц: 234
...or land; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune...only near St. James; I'm very sure I should not care Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things;—• One good-sized diamond in... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - Страниц: 242
...or land; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune...only near St. James ; I'm very sure I should not care Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - Страниц: 584
...gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but...James; — I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Guberuator's chair. Jewels are baubles; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - Страниц: 1124
...bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — nly ask that Fortune send title 2 perluips, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James ; I 'm very sure I should not care To till our Uubernator's... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1881 - Страниц: 410
...victual nice ; — yiy choice would be vanilla-ice. jESTIVATION. Some good bank -stock, some note of Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune...would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James ; I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are bawbles ; 't is a sin... | |
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