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"A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. " / Merchant of Venice, act iv. sc. 1, lines 218, 336.
I / 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, / And "a pull altogether," as they say / At sea - which drew most souls another way.