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When Harry the Eighth left the Pope 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 .
When Harry the Eighth left the Pope 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 .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Black's Guide to London and Its Environs Black's guide books London low life. Street culture, social reform and the Victorian underworld |
| Author | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) |
| Publisher | Adam and Charles Black, 1870 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 372 pages |
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