 I sometimes smile to think that while others are immersed in deep schemes of speculation and aggrandizement — in building towns and purchasing plantations, I am entranced in contemplation over the plumage of a lark, or gazing like a despairing lover,...  Footsteps to Fame: A Book to Open Other Books - Page 153by James Hain Friswell - 1874 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1831 - 1008 pages
...smile to think, that while others are immersed in deep schemes of speculation and aggrandizement, in building towns and purchasing plantations, I am entranced...hoarding up their bags of money, without the power of enjoying it, I am collecting, without injuring my conscience, or wounding my peace of mind, those beautiful... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 442 pages
...smile to think that while others are immersed in deep schemes of speculation and aggrandizement — in building towns and purchasing plantations, I am entranced...hoarding up their bags of money, without the power of enjoying it, I am collecting, without injuring my conscience, or wounding my peace of mind, those beautiful... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1830 - 650 pages
...smile to think, that while others are immersed in deep schemes of speculation and aggrandizement — in building towns and purchasing plantations, I am entranced...hoarding up their bags of money, without the power of enjoying it, I am collecting, without injuring my conscience, or wounding my peace of mind, those beautiful... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 532 pages
...smile to think that while others are immersed in deep schemes of speculation and aggrandizement — in building towns, and purchasing plantations, I am entranced...hoarding up their bags of money, without the power of enjoying it, I am collecting, without injuring my conscience, or wounding my peace of mind, those beautiful... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 538 pages
...smile to think that while others are immersed in deep schemes of speculation and aggrandizement — in building towns, and purchasing plantations, I am entranced...hoarding up their bags of money, without the power of enjoying it, I am collecting, without injuring my conscience, or wounding my pence of mind, those beautiful... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 426 pages
...smile to think, that while others are immersed in deep schemes of speculation and aggrandizement, in building towns and purchasing plantations, I am entranced...hoarding up their bags of money, without the power of enjoying it, I am collecting, without injuring my conscience, or wounding my peace of mind, those beautiful... | |
 | 1831 - 1040 pages
...smile to think, that while others are immersed in deep schemes of speculation and aggrandizement, in building towns and purchasing plantations, I am entranced...hoarding up their bags of money, without the power of enjoying it, I am collecting, without injuring my conscience, or wounding my peace of mind, those beautiful... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 pages
...smile to think, that while others are immersed in deep schemes of speculation and aggrandizement, in building towns and purchasing plantations, I am entranced...hoarding up their bags of money, without the power of enjoying it, I am collecting, without injuring my conscience, or wounding my peace of mind, those beautiful... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 380 pages
...think, that while others are immersed in deep schemes of VOL. n. 10 speculation and aggrandizement, in building towns and purchasing plantations, I am entranced...hoarding up their bags of money, without the power of enjoying it, I am collecting, without injuring my conscience, or wounding my peace of mind, those beautiful... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 384 pages
...think, that while others are immersed in deep schemes of vol.. n. 10 speculation and aggrandizement, in building towns and purchasing plantations, I am entranced...hoarding up their bags of money, without the power of enjoying it, I am collecting, without injuring my conscience, or wounding my peace of mind, those beautiful... | |
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