 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, 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 - Page 313by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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...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 - 420 pages
...or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there,— Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, (Jr trifling railroad share ; — I only ask that Fortune...Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin 'Jo care for such unfruitful things y— One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not so large, in... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 pages
...for 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 - 328 pages
...cold 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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
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...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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1868 - 434 pages
...bank-stock, — some note oi hand, Or trifling railroad share; — I only ask that Fortune send A litue more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I...titles are but empty names;— I would, perhaps, be Plcuipo, — But only near .St. James;— I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubcrnator's... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
...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 would not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are bawbles ; 'tis a sin To... | |
 | 1869 - 310 pages
...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...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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