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" SAINT Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull, So little trouble had been given of late ; Not that the place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull,... "
The Liberal: Verse and Prose from the South - Page 3
1822
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Reprinted from the Original Editions, with ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 pages
...it ; but certainly these teachers of ' great moral lessons,' are apt to be found in strange company. seen the mice by moonlight play, And why should I feel less than they? all together,' as they say At sea — which drew most souls another way. II. The angels all were singing...
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Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...apt to be found in strange company. THE VISION OF JUDGMENT. L SAINT PETER sat by the celestial gate : So little trouble had been given of late ; Not that the place by any means was full ; His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull, And "a pull altogether," as they say But since the Gallic...
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The poetical works of lord Byron

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878 - 636 pages
...certainly these teachers of " great moral lessons " are apt to be found in strange company. SAINT PETEE sat by the celestial gate : His keys were rusty, and...devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And "a pull all together," as they say At sea— which drew most souls another way. IL The angels all were singing...
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History of English Humour: With an Introduction Upon Ancient Humour, Volume 2

Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 414 pages
...which he principally shows in such retorts — " Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys wore rusty, and the lock was dull, So little trouble had...devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull. And ' a pull together,' as they say At sea — which drew most souls another way. " The angels all were singing...
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History of English Humour: With an Introduction Upon Ancient Humour, Volume 2

Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 pages
...which he principally shows in such retorts — " Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys wore rusty, and the lock was dull, So little trouble had...devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And ' a pull together,' as they say At sea — which drew most souls another way. " The angels all were singing...
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The poetical works of lord Byron, ed. with a critical mem. by W. M. Rossetti

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 pages
...theae teachers of "great moral lessons " are apt to he found in strange company. ; SAINT PETEE sat hy 4 trouhle had heen given of late : Not that the place hy any means was full, i But since the Gallic era...
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The poetical works of lord Byron, ed. with a critical mem. by W. M. Rossetti

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 680 pages
...it ; but certainly these teacher* «f "great moral IC&MJHS" are apt to be found in strange company. oods. LXVIU all together," as they say At ^ea— which drew most souU another way. ii. The augcU all were singing...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...ship. Dibdin, quoted Co HBH the Duke of Edinburgh by He City Chamberlain, June 7, 1866. SAINT PETER. Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate : His keys were...devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull all together," as they say At sea — which drew most souls another way. SAINTS — see Disseniers,...
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The poetical works of lord Byron. Repr. with life, notes &c. 'Albion' ed

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 pages
...it ; but certainly these teachers of ' great moral lessons,' are apt to be found in strange company. shape, will take a human name. Arn. More human than...to empires, and has been but borne By the world's all together,' as they say At sea— which drew most souls another way. II. The angels all were singing...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets, Volume 1

Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...brave upon the wave, the gallant English Tar." 4401 Eliza Cook : Gallant English Tar. BAINT PETER. Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate : His keys were rusty, and the lock was duH, So little trouble had been given of late; Not that the place by any means was full, But since...
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