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EBOOK THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, ***
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THE MIRROR
OF
LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
No. 325.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1828. [Price 2_d_.
ALL-SOULS' CHURCH, LANGHAM-PLACE.
Vol. XII. F
ALL-SOULS' CHURCH,
LANGHAM PLACE.
"Whoever walks through London streets,"
Said Momus to the son of Saturn,
"Each day new edifices meets,
Of queer proportion, queerer pattern:
If thou, O cloud-compelling god,
Wilt aid me with thy special grace,
I, too, will wield my motley hod,
And build a church in Langham-place."
"Agreed," the Thunderer cries; "go plant
Thine edifice, I care not how ill;
Take notice, earth. I hereby grant
_Carte blanche_ of mortar, stone, and trowel.
Go Hermes, Hercules, and Mars,
Fraught with these bills on Henry Hase,
Drop with yon jester from the stars,
And build a church in Langham-place."
_London Lyrics-New Monthly Mag._
Among all our specimens of contemporary church-building, none has
excited more animadversion than _All-Souls'_, Langham-place, erected in
1822-1825, from the designs of Mr.
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