 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 - 1887 - 357 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 thau I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would, perhaps,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 357 pages
...gems, — such things as A little more than I shall spend. these, Which others often show for pride, Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names j / value for their power to please, And selfish churls deride ; — I would, perhaps, be Plenipo,... | |
 | 1888
...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 - 1889 - 395 pages
...gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good tank-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 - 1889 - 407 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. Edward Winslow, 1595 ; Sir Thomas Browne, 1605 ; William Cheselden, i6SS ; John Adams, 1735; Leigh... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1890 - 399 pages
...for gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock, some note of Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than 1 shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would, perhaps, be... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891
...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 should not care Jewels are baubles ; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891
...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 'in very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles; 't is a sin... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891
...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 should not care Jewels are baubles ; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 96 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...would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James ; 1 1 St. James's Palace was the London residence of the British sovereigns, from the burning of Whitehall,... | |
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