 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
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 396 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 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, —... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 504 pages
...much for goM 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. 4 Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names: I would, perhaps, be Plenipo., But... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...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. 4. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names: I would, perhaps, be Plenipo., But... | |
 | 1888 - 344 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 458 pages
...share, — I only ask that Fortune send A :.ii/,- more than I shall spend. Honours are silly teys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would,...James; I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Oubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things — One good-sized... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 460 pages
...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. Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would, prrhape, be Plenipo — But... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 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 send A little more than I shall spend. 4. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names; I would, perhaps, be Plenipo,—... | |
 | Agnes Catherine Maitland - 1885 - 286 pages
...much for gold or land. Give me a mortgage here and there, Some good bank stock, some note of hand, A trifling railroad share. I only ask that fortune send A little more than I can spend.' Most people laughed; Miss Ainslie smiled, with gentle pity for them all—pity that was... | |
 | George Boyle - 1886 - 318 pages
...mortgage here and there, Some good bank-stock, some note of hand,1) 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... | |
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