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... in the lurch , The people of England made him head of the church ; But George's good subjects , the Bloomsbury people , Instead of the church , made him head of the steeple . " ST . HELEN'S , Bishopgate , City , was the 114 CHURCHES .
... in the lurch , The people of England made him head of the church ; But George's good subjects , the Bloomsbury people , Instead of the church , made him head of the steeple . " ST . HELEN'S , Bishopgate , City , was the 114 CHURCHES .
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Page 94 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of* some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 107 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
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Page 258 - In emblematic figures, show The merits of their trade. That clients may infer from thence How just is their profession, The Lamb sets forth their Innocence, The Horse their Expedition. 0 happy Britons ! happy isle ! Let foreign nations say, Where you get justice without guile, And law without delay.
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