 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 - 1893 - 300 σελίδες
...wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain hrown stone will do,) That I may call ray own; — And close at hand is such a one, In yonder...can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen! VOL. u. I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice Would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1894 - 224 σελίδες
...AUTOCEAT OF THE BEEAKFAST-TABLB. OCTOBEE 20. 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 - 1894 - 260 σελίδες
...I ask ; my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do) That I mav call my own ; — And close at hand is such a one,...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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1896 - 500 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...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, — AESTIVATION'.... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1895 - 390 σελίδες
...subdued and limited desires of my maturity. 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...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen I I always thought cold victual nice;... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 238 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 - 1896 - 330 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... | |
 | 1896 - 532 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;... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 σελίδες
...EB BROWNING — Aurora Leigh. Bk. II. Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone . MILTON— Paradise Lost. Bk. II. L. 704. That golden...of eternity. t. MILTON — Comus. L. 13. There's n h. OW HOLMES — Contentment. Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free, First flower... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1896 - 398 σελίδες
...wants bot little here below." LlTTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A rery plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own...such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. riain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on... | |
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