 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 - 1891 - 350 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...titles are but empty names; — I would, perhaps, be Flenipo, — But only near St. James; — I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's... | |
 | Walter Léon Hess - 1891 - 308 pages
...or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — is Some good bank-stock, some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune...than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I know, 20 And titles are but empty names ; I would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James ; I 'm... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 204 pages
...or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — is Some good bank-stock, some note of Band, Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend. I would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James ; I 'm very sure I should not care To fill... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 362 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 send A little more than I shall spend. Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; — I'm very sure I should not care... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 382 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...perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James; — I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles; 'tis a sin... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 516 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 should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 't is a sin To... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 504 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 should not care Jewels are baubles; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things;... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 492 pages
...mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock, some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — 1 only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall...silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names; 1 would, j>i'rf«i]>s, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James; I 'm very sure 1 should not care Jewels... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 276 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, —... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 348 pages
...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 baubles; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not... | |
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