| 1787 - 446 pages
...miss'dhis aim, 535 ' The world must own it, to their shame, ' The praise is his, and theirs the .blame. ' He gave the little wealth he had ' To build a house for fools and mad; ' To shew, by one satiric touch, ... „. 54.0 " That kingdom he hath left his debtor, " I wish it... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 386 pages
...turns of whigs and tories : Was cheerful to his dying day ; And friends would let him have his way. " He gave the little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad ; And showed, by one satirick touch, •/ No nation wanted it so much. That kingdom he hath left his debtor, I wish it soon... | |
| 1804 - 512 pages
...Idiots, for the founding of which Swift bequeathed his fortune ; or, to use his own words, He left the little wealth he had. To build a house for fools and mad, And shew'd by one satyric touch, No nation wanted it so much. Mr. Brooke presented Swift with a translation... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 558 pages
...turns of whigs and tories : Was cheerful to his dying day ; And friends would let him have his way. " He gave the little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad j And show'd by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much. ' That kingdom he hath left his debtor,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...often miss'd his aim, The world must own it, to their shame, The praise is his, and theirs the blame. He gave the little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad ; To show, by one satiric touch, Js'o nation wanted it so much. That kingdom he hath left his debtor,... | |
| William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...often miss'd his aim, the world must own it to their shame, the praise is his, and their's the blame. He gave the little wealth he had to build a house for fools and mad; to show, by one satiric touch, no nation wanted it so much. That kingdom he hath left his debtor, I... | |
| William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...often miss'd his aim, the world must own it to their shame, the praise is his, and their's the blame. He gave the little wealth he had to build a house for fools and rnad; to show, by one satiric touch, no nation wanted it so much. CONTENTS. That kingdom he hath left... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 832 pages
...turns of whigs and tories : Was cheerful to his dying day ; And friends would let him have his waj, " He gave the little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad } And show'd, by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much. That kingdom be hath left his debtor) I... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 686 pages
...Asylum from a letter of Sir Thomas Fownes upon that subject ; * or whether, as he himself alleges, He gave the little wealth he had, To build a house for fools or mad, To show, by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much, f Such, however, was the resolution... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...often miss'cl his aim, The world must own it to their shame, The praise is his, and theirs the blame. He gave the little wealth he had, To build a house for fools and mad ; To show, by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much. That kingdom he hath left his debtor,... | |
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