 | 1854 - 792 pàgines
...effeminate natives of the Celestial Empire, which Jonathan should be ashamed to know the names of. I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to...excursion train, and breathe a malaria all the way." EDITORIAL NOTES. L1TEBATDRE. AMERICAN. — Na-Motu, or Beef-Emingi in the South Sea», is the title... | |
 | 1854 - 704 pàgines
...effeminate natives of the Celestial Empire, which Jonathan should be ashamed to know the names of. I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to...myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. I would ralher ride on earth in an ox-cart with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an... | |
 | 1854 - 712 pàgines
...effeminate natives of the Celestial Empire, which Jonathan should be ashamed to know the names of. I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet coshion. I would rather ride on earth in an ox-cart with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the... | |
 | 1857 - 676 pàgines
...effeminate natives of the Celestial Empire, which Jonathan should be ashamed to know the names of. I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to...excursion train, and breathe a malaria all the way." EDITORIAL NOTES. LITERATURE. AMERICAN. — Na-Hotu, or Reef-Rovings in the South Sea's, is the title... | |
 | 1862 - 588 pàgines
...eulogy rather strongly 1662. NEW ENGLAND FARMER. JAW. expressed by the Walden-Pondist, when he says, "I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. I wouid rather ride on earth in an ox-cart, with a free circulation, than to go to heaven in the fancy... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1897 - 1172 pàgines
...the hearthstone. Thoreau wants the freedom of absolute detachment. « I would rather,* he says, « sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. . . . The very simplicity and nakedness of man's life in the primitive ages imply this advantage, at... | |
 | Wilson Flagg - 1872 - 550 pàgines
...the world. He saw truths, but they were for the imagination, not the reason. " I would," he said, " rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself,...excursion train, and breathe a malaria all the way." Thoreau always took an ethereal view of terrestrial landscape, as when listening to terrestrial sounds... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1877 - 322 pàgines
...great blessing, albeit I think its eulogy rather strongly expressed by the Walden-Pondit, when he says, "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to...circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion-train, and breathe a malaria all the way." The only objection to outdoor slumber is dampness... | |
 | Louisa May Alcott - 1877 - 408 pàgines
...seemed to have Filtered through to the thoughts within. " Here's a characteristic bit for you : — " ' I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to...cushion. I would rather ride on earth in an ox-cart, with free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion train, and breathe malaria all... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1881 - 774 pàgines
...and constantly demanded the utmost freedom and room for the employment of the workings of his mind. " I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion," he said once, and the words tell truly the character and spirit of the man. He never trimmed his opinions... | |
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. 
