tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things; One good-sized diamond in a pin — Some, not so large, in rings — A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire (Good, heavy silks are never dear);... The Quarterly Review - Страница 235аутор(и): - 1867Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
| George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 534 страница
...James ; I'm very sure I should not caro To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things — One good-sized...might desire Some shawls of true Cashmere — Some narrowy crapes of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 страница
...silly toys, I know, Jewels are baubles; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful Some, not so lari|e, in rings, — A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me; — I laugh at >how. things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — My dame should dress in cheap attire; (Good,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 страница
...— I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not so larye, in rings, — A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me ; — I laugh at show. My dame should... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 436 страница
...; 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...of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. I would not have the horse I drive So fast that folks must stop and stare ; An easy gait — two, forty-five... | |
| 1875 - 540 страница
...fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful thingsOne good-sized diamond in a pin, Some, not so large, in...might desire Some shawls of true Cashmere: — Some narrowy crapes of China -silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will... | |
| 1875 - 432 страница
...James ; I'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...should dress in cheap attire ; (Good, heavy silks arc never dear ;) — I own perhaps I might desire Some shawls of true Cashmere, — Some marrowy crapes... | |
| George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 548 страница
...James ; I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things — One good-sized...— I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attiro (Good, heavy silks are never dear); I own perhaps I might desiro Some shawls of true Cashmere... | |
| 1875 - 432 страница
...James ; I'm very sure I should not care To Gil our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are bawbles ; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things ; — One good-sized...pearl, or so, Will do for me; — I laugh at show. CONTENTMENT. My dame should dress in cheap attire ; (Good, heavy silks are never dear;); — 1 own... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 444 страница
...; I "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...— Some, not so large, in rings, — A ruby, and a penrl, or so, Will do for me j — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire ; (Good, heavy... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 страница
...— I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles; 'tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not no large, in rings, — A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me ; — I laugh at show. My dame should... | |
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