 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 - Seite 305von Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 373 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1897 - 404 Seiten
...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; Г m very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are bawbles; 'tis a sin To... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 Seiten
...or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of baud, Or trifling railroad share ; — I only ask that Fortune...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... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 Seiten
...gold or land ; Give me a mortgage here and there — Some good bank stock — some notes at hand, Or trifling railroad share ; I only ask that Fortune send, A little more than I can spend. Honors arc silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would perhaps be Plenipo... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 346 Seiten
...victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. * 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 bawbles ; 't is a sin... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 Seiten
...know, And 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 bawbles ; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things ; — • One good-sized diamond in a pin,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 Seiten
...bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send A /•'''/• more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, 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 bawbles ; 't is a sin... | |
 | 1867 - 530 Seiten
...bank-stock, some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names...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 rings,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1867 - 606 Seiten
...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. Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would, perhaps, be Plenipo — But... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 Seiten
...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 would not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are bawbles ; 'tis a sin To... | |
 | 1869 - 310 Seiten
...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...are but empty names ; I would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — Jewels are bawbles ; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things ; — One good-sized diamond... | |
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