 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 as...  The world of wit and humour, ed. by G.M. Fenn - Seite 393herausgegeben von - 1899 - 480 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 Seiten
...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 as...there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of baud, Or trifling railroad share ; — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend.... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 Seiten
...;— And close at band is such a one, In yonder street that fronts tbe sun. Plain food is quite enougb for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ;— If...Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Aiucu! I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 Seiten
...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 as...Thank heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victuals nice — My choice would be vanilla ice. I care not much for gold or land ; Give me a mortgage... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 Seiten
...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 as...— 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 346 Seiten
...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 as...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... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1863 - 666 Seiten
...not many wants now." And Sir Lionel did look very good humoured and pleasant as he spoke. § Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as...victual nice ;— My choice would be vanilla-ice. « * * « * Eustace Conyers,p«s«'nt. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sia To care for such unfruitful... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1863 - 672 Seiten
...Three courses are as good as tcu; If Nature can subsist on three, Plain food is quite enough for me; Thank Heaven for three. Amen! I always thought cold victual nice;— My choice would be vanilla-ice. • * * * * Eustace Conyers, pastim. t Past and Present, book ii. ch. iv.; book iii. ch. viii. j Wordsworth,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 Seiten
...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 as...can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen I I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1868 - 434 Seiten
...on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen I I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would bo vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or land ;—...and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note oi hand, Or trifling railroad share; — I only ask that Fortune send A litue more than I shall spend.... | |
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