 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. I would rather have been that poor peasant with my loving wife by my side, knitting as the day died out of the sky —...  American Medicine - Page 6631921Full view - About this book
 | Frederick Bertrand Robinson - 1915 - 486 pages
...my loving wife by my side, knitting as the day died out of the sky, with my children upon my knees and their arms about me. I would rather have been...the dreamless dust, than to have been that imperial impersonation of force and murder, known as Napoleon the Great.2 But a word of caution must here be... | |
 | Frederick Bertrand Robinson - 1915 - 482 pages
...growing purple in the amorous kisses of the autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant, with my loving wife by my side, knitting as the day died out of the sky, with my children upon my knees and their arms about me. I would rather have been that man, and gone down to the tongueless silence... | |
 | 1917 - 558 pages
...sweet kisses upon my face; I would rather have been that man, and have been unseen, unheard, unknown, and gone down to the tongueless silence of the dreamless dust, than to have been that imperial impersonation of rape, murder and massacre, that bloodthirsty monster of the Twentieth Century, known... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1917 - 328 pages
...grapes growing purple in the kisses of the autumn sun; yes, I would rather have been that poor peasant and gone down to the tongueless silence of the dreamless dust, than to have been that impersonation of force and murder known as Napoleon the Great. The Making of Our Country's Flag Franklin... | |
 | Richard Dennis Teall Hollister - 1918 - 422 pages
...my loving wife by my side, knitting as the day died out of the sky, with my children upon my knees and their arms about me. I would rather have been...the dreamless dust, than to have been that imperial impersonation of force and murder, known as Napoleon the Great." "Fondly do we hope, fervently do we... | |
 | Alice Hubbard - 1918 - 382 pages
...loving wife by my side, knitting as the day died out of the sky — with my children upon my knees and their arms about me — I would rather have been...the tongueless silence of the dreamless dust, than that imperial impersonation of force and murder, known as " Napoleon the Great." MY Creed is to love... | |
 | Richard Dennis Teall Hollister - 1918 - 414 pages
...growing purple in the amorous kisses of the autumn sun. I would rather have been that poor peasant, with my loving wife by my side, knitting as the day died out of the sky, with my children upon my knees and their arms about me. I would rather have been that man, and gone down to the tongueless silence... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1918 - 256 pages
...grapes growing purple in the kisses of the autumn sun; yes, I would rather have been that poor peasant and gone down to the tongueless silence of the dreamless dust, than to have been that impersonation of force and murder known as Napoleon the Great. THE HOMELAND NEHEMIAH BOYNTON This is... | |
 | Isaac Newton Baker - 1920 - 222 pages
...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, knitting as the day died out of the sky — with my children upon my knees and their arms about me — I would rather have been that man and gone down to the tongueless... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1920 - 76 pages
...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, knitting as the day died out of the sky — with my children upon my knees and their arms about me — I would rather have been that man, and gone down to the tongueless... | |
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