Here lies the peerless paper lord, Lord Peter,
Who broke the laws of God and man, and metre.


Epitaph on Patrick ("Peter"), Lord Robertson (1845); cited from Mary Gordon "Christopher North": A Memoir of John Wilson (New York: W. J. Widdleton, 1863) p. 286.

John Gibson Lockhart Quotes

Here lies the peerless paper lord, Lord Peter, Who broke the laws of God and man, and metre.

Here lies the peerless paper lord, Lord Peter, Who broke the laws of God and man, and metre.

Here lies the peerless paper lord, Lord Peter, Who broke the laws of God and man, and metre.

Here lies the peerless paper lord, Lord Peter, Who broke the laws of God and man, and metre.