 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.  Popular Science Monthly - Page 401902Full view - About this book
 | 1787 - 446 lehte
...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 lehte
...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,... | |
 | 1804 - 512 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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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