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 Works of Lord Byron - Strona 481autor: George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| 1822 - Liczba stron: 850
...Atheistical blasphemer: let us now show how naturally and happily the Jacobin] is blended with the Infidel. Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were...place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The devils had ta'cn a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as they say... | |
| 1822 - Liczba stron: 628
...to exercise a sling I And the tame cruelty and cold caprice — ** Oh madness of mankind ! addrest, adored !" — Gebir, p. 28. I omit noticing some edifying...place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And "a pull altogether," as they say... | |
| 1822 - Liczba stron: 852
...as a sample of the manner in which this patrician poet labours to turn sacred things into ridicule. Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were...since the Gallic era " eighty -eight," The devils had ta'cn a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as they say At sea— which drew most souls... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - Liczba stron: 600
...judgment ! yea, a Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word." V THE VISION OF JUDGMENT. i. SAINT Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were...place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The devils had ta'en a onger, Stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as they say... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - Liczba stron: 846
...Weathercock. Lord Byron thus whimsically represents St. Peter with the keys at the Portal of Heaven : — Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate; His keys were...since the Gallic era " eighty eight," The devils had ta'cn a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as they say At sea — which drew most souls... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - Liczba stron: 648
...but certainly these teachers of " great moral lessons" arc apt to be found in strange company.] K 2 THE VISION OF JUDGMENT. SAINT Peter sat by the celestial...place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull altogether,'" as they say... | |
| Richard Carlile - 1824 - Liczba stron: 876
...moral lessons" are apt to be found in strange company.] THE VISION OF JUDGMENT. -*»•••«•ST. Peter sat by the celestial gate. His keys were rusty,...place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The Devils have ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as they say... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - Liczba stron: 322
...to judgment! yea, a Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word." ISAINT Peter sat hy Uie celestial gate, His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull, So little trouhle had heen given of late; , Not that the place hy any means was full, But since the Gallic era... | |
| Cobbett's Weekly Register Volume XLIX From January to March,1824 - 1824 - Liczba stron: 856
...horror of the levity with which were described those awful scenes of judgment which were to take " Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were rusty, and I IIP lock was dull, So little trouble had beep given of late ; Not that the place by any means was... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - Liczba stron: 916
...* A Daniel come to judgment ! yea, a Daniel ! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.» TIIK VISION OF JUDGMENT. Saint Peter sat by the celestial...place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era « eighty-eight, » The devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And « a pull altogether, » as they... | |
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