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A sleepy congregation in a country church with one clergyman reading the serman with the aid of a magnifying glass and the other ogling a sleeping woman. Engraving by W. Hogarth.
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A sleepy congregation in a country church with one clergyman reading the serman with the aid of a magnifying glass and the other ogling a sleeping woman. Engraving by W. Hogarth.

William Hogarth · 1736

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Invented engraved & published October 26: 1736 by Wm. Hogarth pursuant to an act of Parliament. Price one Shilling.

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