Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Author: Daniel Defoe
Wherever God erects a house of prayer,
The Devil always builds a chapel there;
The True-Born Englishman. Part i. Line 1.
Author: Daniel Defoe
Great families of yesterday we show,
And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who.
The True-Born Englishman. Part i. Line 1.



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