 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...  Reading and Living - Page 203by Howard Copeland Hill, Rollo La Verne Lyman - 1924Full view - About this book
 | Education - 1897 - 404 pages
...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; — And close at...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 good... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Satire, American - 1858 - 430 pages
...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 ; — And close at...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 good... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...;— And close at band is such a one, In yonder street that fronts tbe sun. Plain food is quite enougb for me ; 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 would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 pages
...here Mew." Little I ask ; my wants arc few ; I mily wish a house of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own; And close at hand...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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 346 pages
...hen 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 ; — And close at...thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. * Some good bank stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share ; — I only... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1863 - 666 pages
...I have not many wants now." And Sir Lionel did look very good humoured and pleasant as he spoke. § Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses...thought cold victual nice ;— My choice would be vanilla-ice. « * * « * Eustace Conyers,p«s«'nt. Jewels are baubles ; 'tis a sia To care for such... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1863 - 672 pages
...Three courses are as good as tcu; If Nature can subsist on three, Plain food is quite enough for me; Thank Heaven for three. Amen! I always thought cold victual nice;— My choice would be vanilla-ice. • * * * * Eustace Conyers, pastim. t Past and Present, book ii. ch. iv.; book iii. ch.... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - American literature - 1864 - 458 pages
...below." T ITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; IAI only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That I may call my own ; — And close at...can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen I I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or... | |
 | Humorous poetry - 1867 - 530 pages
...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 ; And close at hand...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 good bank-stock,... | |
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