 | 1875 - 492 стор.
...written his popular satire, The True-Born Englishman, the first lines of which were as follows : — " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always...examination The latter has the largest congregation." Although Daniel Defoe published two hundred and ten works, and some of them had a great sale, he died... | |
 | 1876 - 516 стор.
...flamed, in letters of light, the inscription, " God is love," it only served to remind me that — " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there ; And 't will be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation." Returning home by the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 456 стор.
...whether in prose or verse. But though wanting the long resounding verse and energy divine of Dryden, he had often masculine expressions and happy turns...prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there ; And *tw'il be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation." The author's first publication... | |
 | 1845 - 608 стор.
...few things of a merely temporary interest have ever equalled its success. Its first two lines — ' Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there' — are all that can be said to have survived, of couplets that were then shouted from street to street.... | |
 | 1845 - 562 стор.
...few things of a merely temporary interest have ever equalled its success. Its first two lines — ' Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there ' — are all that can be said to have survived, of couplets that were then shouted from street to... | |
 | 1845 - 718 стор.
...a merely temporary interest have ever equalled its success. Its first two lines — ' Wherever Gorl erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there ' — are all that can be said to have survived, of couplets that were then shouted from street to... | |
 | 1847 - 178 стор.
...palm of superior mercy to the latter. DeFoe is said to be the author of the following singular verse : Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there, And it will be found on examination, The latter has the larger congregation.' DeFoe wrote two hundred and... | |
 | 1925 - 996 стор.
...shrub, a species of rock rose, and several kinds of lilies. LEONARD C. PRICE. INES OF DEFOE. — " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there." The same ide» is found (in prose) in Burton's 'Anatomy of Melancholy ' (1621. Can any reader inform... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 стор.
...homely and forcible language. The following opening lines of the satire have often been quoted:— Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always...examination, The latter has the largest congregation. Various political tracts rapidly followed this satire. In 1702, the author wrote an ironical treatise... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 стор.
...homely and forcible language. The following opening lines of the satire have often been quoted : — Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always...there ; And 'twill be found upon examination, The I. iiter has the largest congregation. Various political tracts rapidly followed this satire. In 1702,... | |
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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. 
