| 1801 - 446 Seiten
...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... | |
| William Green (of Ambleside.) - 1819 - 524 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 500 Seiten
...masculine expressions and happy turns of thought, not unworthy of the author of Absalom and Achitophel, though upon the whole, his style seems rather to have...Devil always builds a chapel there ; And 'twill be fonnd upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. The author's first publication after... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 Seiten
...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... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1836 - 406 Seiten
...masculine expressions and happy turns of thought, not unworthy of the author of Absalum and Achitophel, — though upon the whole, his style seems rather to have...first verses are well known : Wherever God erects a hons« of prayer, The Devil always builds a cbapel there; And 't will be found, opon examination, The... | |
| Francis Glasse - 1838 - 200 Seiten
...his departed wife a tolerable decent burial, in the same grave 'with his own mother. CHAPTER IV. " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there." " Entreat the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity." Wesley's Sermon on... | |
| 1838 - 204 Seiten
...give his departed wife a tolerable decent burial, in the same grave with his own mother. CHAPTER IV. " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there." " Entreat the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity." Wesley's Sermon on... | |
| 1876 - 516 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...masculine expressions and happy turns of thought, not unworthy of the author of Absalom and Achitophel, though, upon the whole, his style seems rather to...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... | |
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