...ill-deserved ridicule upon this church :— When Henry the Eighth left the Pope in the lurch, The Protestant« made him the Head of the Church; But George's good...Instead of the Church made him head of the steeple Cunningham gives no other reference for this than ' Contemporary Epigrams.' Noble gives it iii. 263,...

...Pope in the lurch, The Protestants made him the Head of the Church; But George's good subjects, tho Bloomsbury people, Instead of the Church made him head of the steeple. Cunningham gives no other reference for this than ' Contemporary Epigrams.' Noble gives it iii. 258,...

...a statue of King George I. I dare say you have met with the often-quoted epigram this induced : — "When Henry VIII. left the Pope in the lurch, The...Instead of the church, made him head of the steeple." Lord Burlington (Richard Boyle) did much to encourage the revived style of architecture. The colonnade...

...which, 136 feet, is a close approximation to the 140 feet given by Pliny as that of the original. It is crowned with a statue of George I., as expressed in...Smith's design, from which is taken the plan at p. 358. THE SPEECH FOR THE MEGALOPOLITANS. INTRODUCTION. THE battle of Leuctra (BC 371), in which the...

...absurdity said Walpole. " When Hany the Eighth left the Pope in the lurch, The people of England made him head of the church ; But George's good subjects, the...Instead of the church, made him head of the steeple." ST. HELEN'S, Bishopgate, City, was the church of the priory of St. Helen, founded 1216, by Basing,...

...absurdity said Walpole. " 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...Instead of the church, made him head of the steeple." ST. HELEN'S, Bishopgate, City, was the church of the priory of St. Helen, founded 1216, by Basing,...

...this epigram :— " 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...Instead of the church, made him head of the steeple." , More admired is the magnificent portico of eight Corinthian columns, which Hawksmoor added to his...

...absurdity said Walpole. " 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...Instead of the church, made him head of the steeple." ST. HELEN'S, Bishopgate, City, was the church of the priory of St. Helen, founded 1216, by Basing,...

...the lurch Fools and knaves made him out to be Head of the Church; But in George the First's day wiser Bloomsbury people, Instead of the Church, made him Head of the Steeple. HPD—The Church of England defence of her Orders is contained in " Haddan's Apostolical Succession,"...

...Mausolus in Caria, and surmounted by a statue of George I., whence the epigram — " When Harry the Eighth left the Pope in the lurch, The Protestants made him...Instead of the church, made him head of the steeple." * There is a tablet here to the great Earl of Mansfield, who lived hard by in Bloomsbury Square, where...