 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.  Manual of English Literature - Page 84by Albert Hamann - 1911 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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 soon... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 pages
...Richmond with Clarke's and Locke's ; but this Woolaston was not a clergyman. The two last lines, % That kingdom he hath left his debtor, I wish it soon may have a better — I omitted, because I did not well understand them ; a loiter what ? — • — There seems to... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 446 pages
...'Richmond with Clarke's and Lock's ; but this Woolaston was not a clergyman. The two last lines, " That kingdom he hath left his debtor, I wish it soon may have a better — " I omitted, because I did not well understand them ; a better what ? .-There seems to be what... | |
 | 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, I wish it soon may have a better... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...often miss'd his aim, The iturld must own it to their shnmt, The praise is his, and theirs the blamt. He gave the little wealth he had To build a house...one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much. That kiogdom he hath left his debtor, t wish it soon may have a better. And, since you dread no further... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pages
...blame. He gave the little wealth he had To build a house t'ur fools and mad j To show, by one sutiric touch, No nation wanted it so much. That kingdom he hath left his debtor, 1 wish it soon m;iy have a better. And, since you dread no further lashes, Mgthinks you may/orf ii»... | |
 | 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...a better. and, since you dread no further lashes, niethiuksyou may forgive his ashes." CONTENTS. G. Nicholson, Stourport. Mrs. Harris's Petition, - -... | |
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