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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. "
Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel De Foe: Containing a Review of His ... - Página 345
por Walter Wilson - 1830
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Daniel De Foe's Voyage Round the World: By a Course Never Sailed Before. To ...

Daniel Defoe - 1787 - 308 páginas
...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,...
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Observations on Pope

Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 páginas
...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,...
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The Union Magazine, and Imperial Register ..., Volumen2

1801 - 446 páginas
...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...
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The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting ..., Volumen2

Walter Wilson - 1808 - 652 páginas
...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 the north-west...
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The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting ..., Volumen2

Walter Wilson - 1809 - 646 páginas
...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...The latter has the largest congregation.' • The True Bern Englishman : A satire. ALPE'-MAMBURY. ALDERMANBURY. ./ALDERMANBURY, situated at the north-west...
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The Tourist's New Guide: Containing a Description of the Lakes ..., Volumen1

William Green (of Ambleside.) - 1819 - 524 páginas
...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...
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An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County ..., Volumen1

Eneas Mackenzie - 1825 - 538 páginas
...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...
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Biographical memoirs

Walter Scott - 1827 - 506 páginas
...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...
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The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volumen4

sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 500 páginas
...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...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volúmenes3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...unlimited command of homely and forcible language. The opening lines of this satire have often quoted : and to the prize aspired. 'i \viil be fouud upon examination, The latter has the Jargest congregation. Varions political tracts...
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