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" God bless the King ! — I mean the faith's defender — God bless (no harm in blessing !) the Pretender ! But who Pretender is, or who is King — God bless us all ! — that's quite another thing. "
The Cambridge Tart: Epigrammatic and Satiric-poetical Effusions; &c. &c ... - Page 169
by Richard Gooch - 1823 - 289 pages
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The Christian world magazine (and family visitor)., Volume 19

1883 - 976 pages
...man renowned for his learning, his social qualities, and his sterling excellence of character : — God bless the King — I mean the Faith's Defender...God bless — no harm in blessing — the Pretender ! Who that Pretender is, and who is King — God bless us all — that's quite another thing. Dean...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source : Passages ...

John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...And but herself admits no parallel. Massinger, Dukt of Milan, Act iv. St. 3. JOHN BYROM. 1691-1763. God bless the King, I mean the faith's defender ;...pretender is, or who is king, — God bless us all, — that 's quite another thing. To an Officer of the Army, extempore. Take time enough : all other...
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Autobiographic Recollections of George Pryme

George Pryme - 1870 - 442 pages
...King over the water." The following lines were intended by their ambiguity to soothe both parties : "God bless the King, I mean the Faith's defender,...King, God bless us all — that's quite another thing *. " I had a little book called Thc Cries of London, of which the only one I remember was supposed...
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Autobiographic Recollections of George Pryme, Esq. M.A. : Sometime Fellow of ...

George Pryme - 1870 - 432 pages
...King over the water." The following lines were intended by their ambiguity to soothe both parties : " God bless the King, I mean the Faith's defender, God...is King, God bless us all — that's quite another thing8." I had a little book called The Cries of London, of which the only one I remember was supposed...
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Handbook for Shropshire, Cheshire and Lancashire ...

John Murray (Firm) - 1870 - 494 pages
...witty epigram from Mr. Byrom, a well-known Manch ester resident : — "Owl bless the King, I mean, our faith's defender! God bless (no harm In blessing)...Pretender ! But who Pretender Is— or who is king— G<-d bless us all — that's quite auolher An attempt was made to arraign the local authorities for...
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The Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Founder of the ..., Volume 2

Luke Tyerman - 1870 - 656 pages
...specimen of it, and of his politics, the following is far from being bad : " God bless the King, and bless the Faith's Defender ; God bless — no harm in blessing — the Pretender ; But who Pretender is, and who is King, Why, bless us all, that's quite another thing."2 Wesley inserted not a few of his...
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The Ladies' Repository, Volume 5; Volume 30

1870 - 1172 pages
...bless the King t* I mean our faith's defender. God bless — no harm in blessing— the Prétendît 1 But who Pretender is, or who is King, God bless us all — that 's quite another thing !" Coming back into Deansgate, but almost immediately leaving it again,...
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Notes and Queries

1872 - 602 pages
...This clever equivoque is not accurately printed. The more correct version is the following : — " God bless the King, I mean the Faith's Defender. God bless — no harm in blessing — the Pretender ; Who that Pretender is, and who is Kinp, God bless us all — that '.- quite another thing." These...
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Notes and Queries

1872 - 592 pages
...This clever Equivoque is not accurately printed. The more correct version is the following : — " God bless the King, I mean the Faith's Defender. God bless — no harm in blessing — the Pretender ; Who that Pretender is, and who is King, God bless us all — that 'e quite another thing." These...
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Journal

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1873 - 680 pages
...following lines, which were at the period almost in everybody's mouth : — " 'God bless our rightful King, the faith's defender; God bless — no harm in blessing...; But who Pretender is, or who is King, God bless my soul ! that's quite another thing.' " " If the evidence is merely to rest on the letter P, it might...
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