 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. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names; I would, perhaps,...  Wit and humour, poems, with an intr. [by J.C. Hotten]. - Página 125por Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1872Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1897 - 404 páginas
...know, And titles are but empty names; I would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James; Г m very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are bawbles; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 páginas
...Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names;— I would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James; — I'm very sure I should...Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin 'Jo care for such unfruitful things y— One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not so large, in... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 páginas
...Gubcrnator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things ; One good sized diamond in a pin — Some, not so large, in rings...for me — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in neat attire ; (Good heavy silks arc never dear,) I own perhaps I might desire Some shawls of true Cashmere... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 páginas
...know, And 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 bawbles ; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things ; — • One good-sized diamond in a pin,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1863 - 666 páginas
...choice would be vanilla-ice. « * * « * Eustace Conyers,p«s«'nt. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sia To care for such unfruitful things ; — One good-sized...pearl, or so, Will do for me ; — I laugh at show. * « * * • Of books but few, — some fifty score For daily use, and bound for wear ; The rest upon... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1863 - 672 páginas
...iv.; book iii. ch. viii. j Wordsworth, The Redbreast chasing the Butterfly. § The Bertrams, ch. xxi. Jewels are baubles; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things;— One 20od-sized diamond in a pin,— Some, not so large, in rings,— A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will d"o... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 páginas
...know, And 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 bawbles ; 't is a sin To care for such unfruitful things ; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, —... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1867 - 606 páginas
...spend. Honours are silly toys, I know, And 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 onr Gnbernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a siii To care for such unfruitful things ; — One... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1868 - 434 páginas
...Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names;— I would, perhaps, be Plcuipo, — But only near .St. James;— I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubcrnator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin 'lo care for such unfruitful things ;— One good-sized... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1870 - 242 páginas
...Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; — I would, perhaps, be Plenipo — But only near St. James ; I'm very sure I should not...a pin, Some, not so large, in rings, A ruby, and a penrl or so, . Will do for me — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire; (Good heavy... | |
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