 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 note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend.  The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table - Page 313by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English wit and humor - 1888 - 344 pages
...for gold or land ; — 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 little more than I shall spend. Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would, perhaps, be Plenipo — But... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - Elocution - 1884 - 442 pages
...for gold or land; — 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 little more than I shall spend. 4. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names; I would, perhaps, be Plenipo,—... | |
 | Agnes Catherine Maitland - 1885 - 286 pages
...much for gold or land. Give me a mortgage here and there, Some good bank stock, some note of hand, A trifling railroad share. I only ask that fortune send A little more than I can spend.' Most people laughed; Miss Ainslie smiled, with gentle pity for them all—pity that was... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Table-talk - 1886 - 440 pages
...or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Somo good bank -stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share ; — I only ask that Fortune...more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I knonr, And titles nre but empty names ; — I would, perhaps, be Plcnipo, — But only near St. James... | |
 | George Boyle - American poetry - 1886 - 318 pages
...mortgage here and there, Some good bank-stock, some note of hand,1) Or trifling railroad-share, — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend. Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would, perhaps, be Plenipo — But... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 596 pages
...gold or land ; — 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 little more thau I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I would, perhaps,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Poetry, Modern - 1887 - 410 pages
...gems, — such things as A little more than I shall spend. these, Which others often show for pride, Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names j / value for their power to please, And selfish churls deride ; — I would, perhaps, be Plenipo,... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1888 - 344 pages
...statesmen such as I was made. And then, perhaps, five thou' a year Is not too much of worldly gear. Honours are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names ; I could a marquis be, and so Beat Beaconsfield at those small games. I'm very sure I should not care... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1889 - 450 pages
...gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good tank-stock, some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share, — I only ask that Fortune...would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James ; I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are bawbles ; 't is a sin... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1889 - 256 pages
...bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share ; — I only ask that Fortune send A lilllr more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I...would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St. James ; — I 'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator's chair. Jewels are baubles ; 't is a... | |
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