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" 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 hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough... "
Vers de Société - Page 71
1875 - 401 pages
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 21

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1862 - 914 pages
...is 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...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...
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The Autocrat of the breakfast table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...subdued and limited desirea of my maturity. CONTENTMENT. " Man wants but little here below." LITTLE I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of 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...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 ; Give me a mortgage...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 21

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1862 - 932 pages
...peculiar vein. And where is 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,...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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Household Friends for Every Season

James Thomas Fields - American literature - 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...can subsist on three, 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...
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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) - English literature - 1867 - 606 pages
...afterwards by which he tapers his point. CONTENTMENT. ' Mau wants but little here below.' ' Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of 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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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - American essays - 1868 - 434 pages
...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...can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen I I always thought cold victual nice ; — My choice would bo vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or...
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The autocrat of the breakfast table, with an intr. by G.A. Sala

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1870 - 242 pages
...subdued and limited desires of my maturity. — CONTENTMENT. " Man wants but little here below." Little I ask ; my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone...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 ; — Give me...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...QuiNCY ADAMS. WASHINGTON. August 31, 1842. CONTENTMENT. " Han wants but little line below." LITTLE 1 may call my own ; And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...QUINCY ADA11S. WASHINGTON, August 31, i«n. CONTENTMENT. " M™ wants but little here below." LITTLE Y Z S niy own ; And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite...
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