 Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me; Three courses are...  The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table - Σελίδα 313των Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1868 - 373 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1897 - 404 σελίδες
...Contentment. " Man wants but little here below." Little I ask; my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call...subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen! I always thought cold victual nice; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or land;... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 σελίδες
...CONTENTMENT. " Man wants but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call...subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 σελίδες
..." Man icon** but little here Mew." Little I ask ; my wants arc few ; I mily wish a house of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call...subsist on three, Thank heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victuals nice — My choice would be vanilla ice. I care not much for gold or land... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 σελίδες
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 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1862 - 932 σελίδες
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 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1863 - 666 σελίδες
...I have not many wants now." And Sir Lionel did look very good humoured and pleasant as he spoke. § Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses...subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice ;— My choice would be vanilla-ice. « * * « * Eustace Conyers,p«s«'nt.... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 σελίδες
..." Han wants bat little hen below." T ITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; IAI only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call...always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some... | |
 | 1867 - 530 σελίδες
...' Man wants but little here below.' ' LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone (A very plain brown stone will do) That I may call...subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three — Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice, — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or land... | |
 | 1869 - 310 σελίδες
...CONTENTMENT. " Man wants but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call...subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or... | |
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