Daniel Defoe. 1660?-1731. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Daniel Defoe. (1660?–1731)

Wherever God erects a house of prayer,
The Devil always builds a chapel there; 1
And ’t will be found, upon examination,
The latter has the largest congregation.

The True-Born Englishman. Part i. Line 1.

Great families of yesterday we show,
And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who.

The True-Born Englishman. Part i. Line 1.

Note 1.
See Burton, Quotation 80. [back]

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