go to glory
Example Sentences
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Am not kind of owner that lets a ship go to glory to make dividends.
From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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
MABEL: Go, ye heroes, go to glory, Though you die in combat gory, Ye shall live in song and story.
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
Ef I should go to glory on de road, Uncle Isham," said Aunt Patsy, as the right wheel of the cart emerged from a rather awkward rut, "I don' want no fuss made 'bout me.
From The Late Mrs. Null by Stockton, Frank Richard
