 | George Stewart - 1882 - 44 Seiten
...constantly demanded the utmost freedom and room for the employment of the workings of his mind. " I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion," he said once, and the words tell truly the character and spirit of the man. He never trimmed his opinions... | |
 | 1884 - 328 Seiten
...yourself; for you show me what your idea of manhood is, what kind of man you long to be.—Carlyle. I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion.— VOLUME 1. NUMBER 8. J\T 'THE n I 1 .v\3 HAWAIIAN MONTHLY. LITERATURE,... | |
 | 1886 - 552 Seiten
...the great pyramid was built was not inferior to the best of the present day. EDWARD EVEUETT. I WOULD rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion. TWO PICTURES. . old farm-house with meadows wide And sweet with... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 Seiten
...Books that are books are all that you want, and there are but half a dozen in any thousand. I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion. You cannot dream yourself into a character : you must hammer and... | |
 | 1921 - 558 Seiten
...unflinching truth. It is faithfully idiosyncratic, the mirror of his sincerity of character. "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion" — who but Thoreau could have written that? Speaking of the art of writing, Thoreau leans upon that... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 Seiten
...effeminate natives of the Celestial Empire, which Jonathan should be ashamed~to-kn6w the names of. I would rather sit on a pumpkin and / have it all to myself...velvet cushion. I would rather ride on earth in an ox cart, with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion train and breathe... | |
 | 1897 - 698 Seiten
...an inward chuckle, of his success in outwitting civilization. " I would rather," he says, ""sit ou a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." Here he had his pumpkin and fairly hugged it. The cairn of stones that now marks the supposed site... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1899 - 386 Seiten
...effeminate natives of the Celestial Empire, which Jonathan should be ashamed to know the names of. I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself,...velvet cushion. I would rather ride on earth in an ox cart with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion train and breathe... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - 1900 - 58 Seiten
...accomplished. He fought in the open, single-handed and alone. When Thoreau expressed the sentiment " I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than to be crowded on a velvet cushion. If you have any enterprise before you, try it in your old clothes."... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1904 - 268 Seiten
...be ashamed to know the names of. I would rather sitojLa^pumpkin and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion. I would rather ride...excursion train and breathe a malaria all the way. The very simplicity and nakedness of man's life in the primitive ages imply this advantage at least,... | |
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. 
