 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 as...  Household Friends for Every Season ... - Seite 41herausgegeben von - 1881 - 320 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1862 - 914 Seiten
...there anything better of its kind than the ode to " Contentment ?" " Little I ask; my wants arc few; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone...That I may call my own;— And close at hand is such an one, In yonder street that fronts the sun." The many national and patriotic songs offer a most fruitful... | |
 | 1897 - 404 Seiten
...American Literature. 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...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 - 1858 - 430 Seiten
...of my maturity. 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...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 - 1858 - 420 Seiten
...of my maturity. 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 my own ;— And close at band is such a one, In yonder street that fronts tbe sun. Plain food is quite enougb for me ; Three... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 Seiten
...W. HULMKS. " Man icon** but little here Mew." Little I ask ; my wants arc few ; I mily wish a house of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do,) That...subsist on three, 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 328 Seiten
...evade, — erump ! CONTENTMENT. " Man iranta bnt little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; P I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone...subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would be vanilla-ice. Some good bank stock, — some... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1863 - 666 Seiten
...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...subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen ! I always thought cold victual nice ;— My choice would be vanilla-ice. « * * « * Eustace Conyers,p«s«'nt.... | |
 | 1867 - 530 Seiten
...point.' — Quarterly Review. ' 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...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 - 1868 - 434 Seiten
...CONTENTMENT. " Man wanti bat little here below." LITTLK I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wiih a hut of itooe, (A very plain brown stone will do,) . That I may call...always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would bo vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or land ;— Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good... | |
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