 | Daniel Defoe - 1787 - 308 sidor
...them-.- " Mr. De Foe begins his fatire tvith the following lines. Wherever God erects a Jioufe of pray'r, The devil always builds a chapel there : And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largeft congregation. After paffing a general cenfure on the furrounding nations, Italy, Germany, France,... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 sidor
...fct forth by Daniel de Foe, in the beginning of his Satire : Wherever God erects a houfe of pray'r, •The Devil always builds a chapel there : And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largeft congregation. Ver. 357. Sir Balaam now, he lives like other folks ; He takes his chirping pint,... | |
 | 1801 - 446 sidor
...shall arrive there first. The alehouse near the kirk (which is never wanting, for " Where'er the Lord erects a house of prayer, " The Devil always builds a chapel there," receives the joyful guests, who cheer their spirits with a hearty glass- before the performance of... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1808 - 652 sidor
...lines written by the celebrated Daniel DeFoe: Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil alwaj-s builds a chapel there, And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.* • The True Born Englishman : A latire. ALDFHMAR'HrRY. ALDERMANBURY. ./XLDERM ANBURY, situated at... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1809 - 646 sidor
...Haldane, very forcibly brings to our recollection some lines written by the celebrated Daniel De Foe; , Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always...examination, The latter has the largest congregation.' • The True Bern Englishman : A satire. ALPE'-MAMBURY. ALDERMANBURY. ./ALDERMANBURY, situated at the... | |
 | William Green (of Ambleside.) - 1819 - 524 sidor
...Seathwaite chapel. An ale house near a chapel generally brings to the mind of the writer that couplet " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, " The Devil always builds a chapel there." In this Mr. Daniel is not quite correct; such houses, particularly in thinly inhabited countries, are... | |
 | Eneas Mackenzie - 1825 - 538 sidor
...weddingers mostly ride, and at the alehouse near the church (which is never wanting, for " Where'er the Lord erects a house of prayer, " The Devil always builds a chapel there,") they cheer their spirits with a hearty glass before the performance of the ceremony. An ancient but... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 506 sidor
...have been formed on that of Hall, Oldham, and the elder satirists. The first verses are well known : Wherever God erects a House of prayer, The Devil always...examination, The latter has the largest congregation. The author's first publication after The Trueborn Englishman was, The original Power of the Collective... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 500 sidor
...been formed on that of Hall, Oldham, and the elder satirists. The first verses are well known : .» Wherever God erects a House of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there ; And 'twill be fonnd upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. The author's first publication after... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 566 sidor
...greater than they can pretend to."f The poem opens with some lines which have passed into a proverb: " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always...examination, The latter has the largest congregation." The object of the satire is to reproach his countrymen with ingratitude for abusing King William as... | |
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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. 
