 Which others often show for pride, / value for their power to please, And selfish churls deride ; — One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ;...  Wisconsin Journal of Education - Сторінка 1811897Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1894 - 232 стор.
...mark — 1. An unfinished construction ; as, — But if we fail — 2. A witty transition ; as, — Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent chair. 3. Hesitation; as, — Yes, there are three — no — four of them. 4. An abrupt change of style ;... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1895 - 390 стор.
...One Stradivarins, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; —...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! AESTIVATION AN UNPUBLISHED POEM, BY MY LATE LATIN TUTOR Yonr talking Latin — said I — reminds... | |
 | Samuel Swayze Seward - 1909 - 542 стор.
...One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool; —...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! OW Holmes. PROSE AND RHYME WHEN the roads are heavy with mire and rut, In November fogs, in December... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker - 1909 - 504 стор.
...; — Some little luxury there 20 Of red morocco's gilded gleam, And vellum rich as country cream. Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas'...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! — OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. subsist', exist, live; vict'ual, food; mort'gage, money lent with a house... | |
 | 1910 - 532 стор.
...One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; —...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content! JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL [1819-1891] 805 THE PRESENT CRISIS WHEN a deed is done for Freedom, through the... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1910 - 370 стор.
...But all must be of buhl? Give grasping pomp its double share, — I ask but one recumbent chair. 12 Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas'...grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and minds content! HELPS TO STUDY Notes and With what statement does the first stanza open? How is this... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1910 - 364 стор.
...please, And selfish churls deride;— One Stradivarius, I confess, 11 Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool;—...its double share,— I ask but one recumbent chair. 12 Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch, If Heaven more generous gifts... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1910 - 368 стор.
...One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool; —...its double share, — I ask but one recumbent chair. 12 Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas' golden touch, If Heaven more generous gifts... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker - 1910 - 504 стор.
...; — Some little luxury there 20 Of red morocco's gilded gleam, And vellum rich as country cream. If Heaven more generous gifts deny, I shall not miss...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! ' — OLIVER WENDKLL HOLMES. subsist', exist, live; vict'ual, food; mort'gage, money lent with a... | |
 | Marshall Pinckney Wilder - 1911 - 266 стор.
...fain possess. Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; — 1 Shall not carved tables serve my turn, But all must...the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! TOM'S MONEY BY HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD Mrs. Laughton had found what she had been looking for all... | |
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