 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
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 100 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... | |
 | Walter Léon Hess - 1891 - 308 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 my own ; — s And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 204 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 my own ; — 5 And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 500 σελίδες
...•• Mail 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...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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 374 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 - 1892 - 382 σελίδες
...CONTENTMENT. " Han 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 - 1892 - 516 σελίδες
...CONTENTMENT " Man waiita 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 - 1892 - 276 σελίδες
...Man wants but little here below." P ITTLE 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 victuals nice ; — My choice would be vaniila-ice. I care not much for gold or... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 σελίδες
...I only wish a hut tif stone (A -very plain brown stune will do) That I m;iy call my own ; And cluse at hand is such a one. In yonder street that fronts...subsist on three. Thank heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice : My choice would be vanilla ice. Douglas Jerrold has a prose passage... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 σελίδες
...Goldsmith's first line as an epigraph. Here are the opening stanzas: Little I ask, my wants are few; That I may call my own ; And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. I only wish a hut of stone (A very plain brown stone will do) Three courses are as good as ten ; If... | |
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