 | 1839 - 444 strani
...world can parallel in such a time, and in such circumstances." " Wherever God erects a house of prayer. The devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found upon examination The latter has the largest congregation." The " True-born Englishman" was caused by an attack upon King William, in which... | |
 | 1875 - 492 strani
...Englishman, the first lines of which were as follows : — " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there, And 'twill be found upon examination The latter has the largest congregation." Although Daniel Defoe published two hundred and ten works, and some of them... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, George Chalmers - 1841 - 406 strani
...there's none like thee can tell. THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN. PART I. WHEREVER God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there : And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation : For ever since he first debauch'd the mind, He made a perfect conquest of mankind.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 strani
...following opening lines of the satire have often been quoted:— Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. Various political tracts rapidly followed this satire. In 1702, the author wrote... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 strani
...following opening lines of the satire have often been quoted : — Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there ; And 'twill be found upon examination, The I. iiter has the largest congregation. Various political tracts rapidly followed this satire. In 1702,... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 strani
...True-born Englishman," beginning with the often quoted lines, — " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there ; And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation." He was much in favour with King William ; but on the accession of Queen Anne... | |
 | Edwin Owen Jones - 1853 - 258 strani
...following h'nes may serve as a specimen of the work itself. " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there ; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation, For ever since he first debauched the mind, He made a perfect conquest of mankind.... | |
 | John Forster - 1855 - 286 strani
...interest have ever equalled its success. Its first four lines — " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation," — are all that perhaps fairly can be said to have survived, of couplets that... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1855 - 488 strani
...thee can tell. VOL. v. F r THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN. PART I. WHEREVER God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there : And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation : For ever since he first debauch'd the mind, / He made a perfect conquest of... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1855 - 502 strani
...like thee can tell. VOL. v. THE TRUE.BORN ENGLISHMAN. PART I. WHEREVER God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there : And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation : For ever since he first debaucli'd the mind, He made a perfect conquest of mankind.... | |
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Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. 
