 Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me; Three courses are...  Songs in Many Keys - Стр. 158авторы: Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - Страниц: 308Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - Страниц: 350
...wants but little here below." Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A tery plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own...victual nice; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1915 - Страниц: 382
...remembrances, associations, affections, all that makes home, under a new roof. Little I ask; my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. • • • • • • • I care not much for gold or land; — Give me a mortgage here and there,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1915 - Страниц: 360
...remembrances, associations, affections, all that makes home, under a new roof. Little I ask; my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. * • • • • • • I care not much for gold or land; — Give me a mortgage here and there,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1916 - Страниц: 484
...maturity. CONTENTMENT. "Man wants but little here below." Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only'wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,)...That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is snch a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1917 - Страниц: 484
...walking close behind I CONTENTMENT. " Man wanU but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone...good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on three, Thrmk Heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice; — My dunce would he vanilla-ice.... | |
 | William Joseph Long - 1917 - Страниц: 588
...wrote his " Contentment " to express their idea of the simple life : Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone (A very plain brown stone...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. I care not much for gold or land ; Give me a mortgage here and there, Some good bank-stock, some note... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1917 - Страниц: 112
...life's unresting seal CONTENTMENT. " Man wants bui little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — s And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite... | |
 | Margaret Sprague Carhart - 1917 - Страниц: 532
...here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone0 will do,) That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one, 5 In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good... | |
 | Authur Huntington Nason - 1917 - Страниц: 552
...— and thou! OMAR KHAYYAM. 17. I — whom kings and queens crouch to — like beans. BROWNING. 1 8. Plain food is quite enough for me; Three courses are as good as ten. HOLMES. 19. Fate cannot harm me: I have dined to-day. 20. No man can be wise on an empty stomach. GEORGE... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Dyer, Mary J. Brady - 1918 - Страниц: 424
...of my maturity. CONTENTMENT * "Man wants but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few : I only wish a hut of stone (A very plain brown stone...victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank stock,... | |
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