 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 305by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1869 - 654 pages
...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 - 1870 - 242 pages
...mortgage here and there — Some good bank-stock — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share ; \ 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 —... | |
 | 1871 - 402 pages
...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 Plcnipo, — But only near St. James ; I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair.... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1871 - 422 pages
...railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send A Hi'!, more than I shall spend 17 N 194 ELOCUTION. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but...Plenipo, — But only near St. James; I'm very sure I would not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are bawbles ; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send A lulle more than 1 rd and Company Pleuipo, — But only near St. James ; I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair.... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...some note of hand. Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send A lutle more than 1 , " naowshe 'lldew !" ; I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are bawbles ; *t is a sin... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1872 - 248 pages
...trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send A litlk more than I shall spend. Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names; I would, perhaps, be Plenijj^ — But only near St! James ; I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair.... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 534 pages
...much for gold or land ; Give mo 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pages
...or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Bome good bank-stock, — some note of hand, 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 larye, in... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 pages
...wave and blast, There were tones in the voice that whispered then You may hear to-day in a hundred And titles are but empty names; — I would, perhaps,...James; — I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator'a chair. men! 0 lady and lover, how faint and far Your images hover, and here we are, Solid... | |
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