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 52by James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 327 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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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