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" I would rather have been a French peasant and worn wooden shoes. I would rather have lived in a hut with a vine growing over the door, and the grapes growing purple in the kisses of the autumn sun. "
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette - Page 622
1901
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The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections ...

Phineas Garrett - 1892 - 970 pages
...widows and orphans he had made, of the tears that had been shed for his glory, and of the only woman who ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the cold...ambition. And I said I would rather have been a French peasaut and worn wooden shoes; I would rather have lived in a hut with a vine growing over the door,...
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Wit, Wisdom and Eloquence of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including Eloquent ...

Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 346 pages
...orphans and widows he had made—of the tears that had been shed for his glory, and of the only woman who ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the cold...over the door, and the grapes growing purple in the kisses of the autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant with my loving'wife by my side,...
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Life Sketches of Eminent Lawyers, American, English and Canadian ..., Volume 2

Gilbert John Clark - 1895 - 434 pages
...and widows he had made, of the tears that had been shed for his glory, and of the only woman who had ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the cold...over the door, and the grapes growing purple in the kisses of the autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant, with my loving wife by my side,...
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Ingersollia: Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches and Conversations ...

Robert Green Ingersoll, Thomas W. Handford - 1899 - 410 pages
...orphans and widows he had made— of the tears that had been ,fthed for his glory, and of the [only woman who ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the cold...over the door, and the grapes growing purple in the kisses of the Autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant with my loving wife by my side,...
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The School Speaker and Reader

William De Witt Hyde - 1900 - 504 pages
...orphans and widows he had made, of the tears that had been shed for his glory, and of the only woman who ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the cold...over the door, and the grapes growing purple in the amorous kisses of the autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant, with my loving wife by...
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The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present ..., Volume 7

David Josiah Brewer - 1901 - 464 pages
...orphans and widows he had made — of the tears that had been shed for his glory, and of the only woman who ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the cold...over the door, and the grapes growing purple in the kisses of the autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant with my loving wife by my side,...
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The Medical Council, Volume 7

1902 - 482 pages
...been shed for his glory ; of the only woman who had ever loved him torn from his heart by the ruthless hand of ambition. And I said, I would rather have been a poor French peasant and worn wooden shoes, I would rather have lived in a hut with the vines growing...
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The Art of Cross-examination: With the Cross-examinations of Important ...

Francis Lewis Wellman - 1903 - 296 pages
...and widows he had made, of the tears that had been shed for his glory, and of the only woman who had ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the cold...over the door, and the grapes growing purple in the kisses of the autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant, with my loving wife by my side,...
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Public Speaking: A Treatise on Delivery : with Selections for Declaiming

Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1903 - 278 pages
...shed for his glory, and of the only woman who ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the ruthless hand of ambition. And I said I would rather have been...wooden shoes; I would rather have lived in a hut with the vines growing over the door and the grapes growing purple in the kisses of the autumn sun, with...
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The Scrap Book, Volume 1

1906 - 594 pages
...widows and orphans he had made, of die tears mat had been shed for his glory, and of die only woman who ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the cold...been a French peasant and worn wooden shoes; I would radier have lived in a hut with a vine growing over die door, and die grapes growing purple in die...
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