 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...often miss'd his aim, The world must own it to their shame ; The PRAISE is his and theirs the BI.AME ! He gave the little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad, To shew by one satii ic touch, No nation wanted it so much— That kingdom he hath left... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 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, No nation wanted it so much. That kingdom he hath left... | |
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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. 
