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" tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not so large, in rings, — A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me; — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire; (Good, heavy silks are never... "
Household Friends for Every Season - Page 52
by James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 327 pages
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The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 2005 - 341 pages
...ruby, and a pearl, or so. Will do for me ;— I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire j (Good, heavy silks are never dear ;}— • I own...gait — two, forty-five — Suits me ; I do not care ;— Ferhaps, for just a single spurt, Some seconds less would do no hurt. Of pictures. I should like...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 26

Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 452 pages
...not so large, in rings, — A ruby, and a pearl or so, Will do for me ; — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire ; (Good, heavy silks...folks must stop and stare ; An easy gait — two, forty -five — Suits me ; I do not care ; — Perhaps, for just a single spurt, Some seconds less...
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The Chinese Students' Monthly, Volume 14

1918 - 576 pages
...Some, not so large, in rings A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me ; I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire (Good, heavy silks are...China silk. Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk." lr'J. \V. Bash ford: China, An Interpretation, p. 52. 11 Ibid. " Wu Ting-fang: America, Thru the Spectacles...
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Every Saturday, Volume 3

1867 - 856 pages
...in ringt, A ruby, und a pearl, or so, Will do for me ; — I laugh at show. " My dame should dree« In cheap attire, (Good, heavy silks are never dear...of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. " Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool ; Shall not carved...
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Common School Education and Teachers World, Volume 6

1894 - 304 pages
...Some not so large in rings, A ruby and a pearl or so, Will do for me, -I laugh at show. 4. My dame should dress in cheap attire (Good heavy silks are never dear) ; I own, perhaps, I might desire Some shawl of true Cashmere; Some narrowy crapes of Chinese silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. 6....
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The Chinese Students' Monthly, Volume 14

1918 - 608 pages
...— Some, not so large, in rings A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me; I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire (Good, heavy silks are never dear) : — I own perhaps 1 might desire Some shawls of true Cashmere, — Some marrowy crapes of China silk. Like wrinkled skins...
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