 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
 | James Thomas Fields - 1881 - 412 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... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1881 - 1078 pages
...land ; • — Give'me a mortgage here and ther^e, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share ; — • I only ask that...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 - 1881 - 120 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...here and there,Some good bank-stock, — some note of baud, Oi1 trifling railroad share ; — I ouly arc silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names; — I would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 630 pages
...trifling- railroad share ; I only ask that fortune send A //'///c 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,... | |
 | 1882 - 578 pages
...gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but...James; — I'm very sure I should not care To fill oui' Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things ; — One... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 640 pages
...gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and thereSome 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 ; — j. . .1 would, per/iaps, be Plenipo... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 548 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, perhaps, be Plenipo— But... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...bank-stock, — some noto of baud, Or trifling railroad share ; — I only ask that Fortune send Л little more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are*but empty names; — I would, perhaps, bo Pleuipo, — lint only near St. James ; — I'm very... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 530 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...James ; I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Guberiiator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things — One' good-sized... | |
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