 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 as good as ten; If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen!  The Quarterly Review - Страница 234аутор(и): - 1867Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | 1897 - 404 страница
...Three courses are as good as ten; — If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen! I always thought cold victual nice; — My choice...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, be Plenipo, — But... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 страница
...Three courses are as good as ten ;— If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Aiucu! I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice...there,— Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, (Jr trifling railroad share ; — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend. Honors... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 страница
...Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice...there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of baud, Or trifling railroad share ; — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend.... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 страница
...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 ; Give me a mortgage here and there — Some good bank stock — some notes at hand, Or trifling railroad share ; I only ask that Fortune send, A little... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 страница
...Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice...— 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 368 страница
...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 ; —...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, be Plenipo, — But... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 страница
...Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen I I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice...railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send A /•'''/• more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names... | |
 | 1867 - 530 страница
...Three courses are as good as ten ; If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three — Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice, — My choice...trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would, perhaps, be Plenipo — But... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1868 - 434 страница
...on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen I I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would bo vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or land ;—...and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note oi hand, Or trifling railroad share; — I only ask that Fortune send A litue more than I shall spend.... | |
 | 1869 - 310 страница
...Three courses are as good as ten ; — If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice...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, be Plenipo, — Jewels... | |
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