 | 1787 - 446 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 386 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 558 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pagina’s
...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 his debtor, I wish it soon may have a better, and, since you dread... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 832 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 686 pagina’s
...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...by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much, f Such, however, was the resolution he formed, and it was his first intention to endow his purposed... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 676 pagina’s
...Thomas Fownes upon that subject ; * or whether, as he himself alleges, He gave the little wealth he Lad, To build a house for fools or mad, To show, by one satiric touch, No nation wauted it so much. + Such, however, was the resolution he formed, and it was his first intention to... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pagina’s
...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... | |
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He gave the little wealth he had, To build a house for fools and mad: And showed by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much: That kingdom he hath left his debtor, I wish it soon may have a better. 
