...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,...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...Devil always builds a chapel there ; And 'twill be fonnd upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. The author's first publication after...

...have passed into a proverb : • True-Born Englishman. Preface. t t Explanatory Pref. Works, vol. i. " 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 a foreigner...

...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 a foreigner;...