Daniel Defoe Quotes

Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves!

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• Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves!

  

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