 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
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - Страниц: 374
...titles are but empty names; — I 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 baubles; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not... | |
 | 1892 - Страниц: 406
...titles are but empty names; — I 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 baubles; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1893 - Страниц: 300
...here and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share ; — 1 only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall...perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James; — I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 't is a sin... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1894 - Страниц: 240
...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. CONTENTMENT. No Alpine needle, with its climbing spire, Brings down for mortals the Promethean fire,... | |
 | John Lubbock - 1894 - Страниц: 336
...Give me a mortgage here and there, Some good bank-stock — some note of hand, Or trifling railway share : I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I can spend." The poor man, said Seneca, " wanteth many things, but the covetous man wanteth everything."... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1895 - Страниц: 390
...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...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 baubles; 't is a sin... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - Страниц: 238
...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... | |
 | 1896 - Страниц: 532
...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...perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James; I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; *t is a sin To... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1896 - Страниц: 330
...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...perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James; I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 't is a sin To... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - Страниц: 554
...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...titles are but empty names ; — I would, perhaps, be Plenipo,1 — But only near St. James:1 — I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's... | |
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