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... whence the epigram“ When Harry the Eighth left the Pope in the lurch , The Protestants made him the head of the Church ; But George's good subjects , the Bloomsbury people , Instead of the church , made him head of the steeple .
... whence the epigram“ When Harry the Eighth left the Pope in the lurch , The Protestants made him the head of the Church ; But George's good subjects , the Bloomsbury people , Instead of the church , made him head of the steeple .
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| Title | Walks in London, Volume 2 Walks in London, Augustus John Cuthbert Hare |
| Author | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare |
| Publisher | Daldy, 1878 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 27 Aug 2007 |
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