 I NEVER had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder...  The New Mirror - Page 304edited by - 1843Full view - About this book
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 pages
..." I never had any other desire so strong and so like to oovetousness, as that one which I have had always that I might be master at last of a small house...of them and study of nature — " And there (with no design beyond my wall) whole and entire to lie, In no unactive ease and no unglorious poverty ;... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 pages
...GARDEN. I NEVER had any other desire so strong and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small...culture of them, and study of nature ; And there, with no design beyond my wall, whole and intire to lie, In no unactive ease, and no unglorious poverty.... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 426 pages
...NEVER had any other desire so strong and so like to .*' covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small...culture of them, and study of nature ; And there, with no design beyond my wall, whole and iutirc to lie, In no unactive ease, and no unglorious poverty.... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 pages
...I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have liad no desigu beyond my wall) whole and entire to lie, in no inactive case, and no inglorious poverty.... | |
 | 1888 - 932 pages
...EVELYN'S. "I NEVER had any desire so strong, or so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always ; that I might be master at last of a small...them ; and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them, and the study of nature ; yet I stick still in the inn of an hired house and... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1889 - 356 pages
...other desire so strong and so like to covetousness as that one which I have always had," he writes, " that I might be master at last of a small house, and...of them, and study of nature — " And there, with no design beyond my wall, Whole and entire to lye, In no inactive ease, and no nnglorious poverty.... | |
 | 1889 - 922 pages
...that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small ht:use and large gardai, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them, and study of nature." No branch of natural history is more interesting or instructive... | |
 | 1891 - 1064 pages
...words, ' never had any other desire so strong and so like to covetousness as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of... | |
 | 1923 - 574 pages
..."I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small...life only to the culture of them and study of nature. . . . But several accidents of my ill fortune have disappointed me hitherto, and do still, of that... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 624 pages
...OWN I NEVER had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small...culture of them, and study of nature. And there (with no design beyond my wall), whole and entire to lie, In no inactive ease, and no unglorious poverty.... | |
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