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" 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... "
The 'breakfast table' series. The autocrat of the breakfast-table. The ... - Page 144
by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882
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Wisconsin Journal of Education, Volume 27

1897 - 404 pages
...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;...
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pages
...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...
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The Autocrat of the breakfast table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...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...
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The Ashlar, Volume 5

Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 pages
...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...
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Songs in Many Keys

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 pages
...evade, — erump ! 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...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 21

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1862 - 932 pages
...there anything better of its kind than the ode to "Contentment?" " Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone...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...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 54

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 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...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....
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Household Friends for Every Season

James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 pages
...BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. " Han wants bat little hen below." T ITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; IAI only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone...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 land ; — Give me a...
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The Book of Humorous Poetry

1867 - 532 pages
...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...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 122

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1867 - 606 pages
...tapers his point. CONTENTMENT. ' Mau wants but little here below.' ' Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone (A very plain brown stone...hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the snn. . Plain food is quite enough for me ; Three courses are as good as teu ; If Nature can subsist...
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