go to glory
Example Sentences
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As for Hewitt, we found out his quality in the fogs of the Banks, when the skipper struck work again and let the dead-reckoning go to glory, telling us to consider the lilies.
From Shining Ferry by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
"Tell me, friend," said he to his heavenly companion, "will my master, the priest, go to glory in heaven?"
From Philippine Folk-Tales by Millington, W. H.
Well, you know ships wear out: and if you varnish them rotten, and insure them high, and they go to glory, Mr. Plimsoll is down on you like a hammer.
From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles
"Go, my Philippe," said I; "go to glory."
From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick
I want a quarter-stretch ticket to go to glory, I do.
From The Secrets of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney
