...relief of the insane has been found in the great Dean's disposition of his property : — " He left tho little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad ; To show by ono satiric touch No nation needed it so much ; " but the grotesque ingenuity which pilfers...

...miss'd his aim, The world must own it to their shame, The p raise 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...

...anticipation of his own fate. He himself assigned, another reason. He says in his poem on his own death : He left the little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad, To show by one satiric touch No nation needed it so much. The reputation of Swift has suffered from...

...anticipation of his own fate. He himself assigned another reason. He says in his poem on his own death : He left the little 'wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad, To show by one satiric touch No nation needed it so much. The reputation of Swift has suffered from...

...years, was devoted after his death to the purpose he desired: as he said himself:— 8*e'sSgi* JK^" He left the little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad, To show by one satiric touch No nation needed it so much. If he had not been excepted in the Mortmain...

...offended with a jest : But laughed to hear an idiot quote A verse from Horace leam'd by rote. 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. And he — poor fellow ! — I believe, ended...

...set not up for beauty ; True genuine dulness moved his pity, Unless it offered to be witty ! He gave the little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad, To shew, by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much! " It was even so. With a sad foreboding...

...missed 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; I...

...speak about ? Or have we eaten of the insane root That takes the reason prisoner ? SHAKSPEARE. 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. SWIFT. INSTINCT. Beasts can like, but not...

...miss'd his aim, The world must own it to their shame, The praise is his, and theirs the blame. He gave ho plead for love, and look for recompence, More than that ; To show, by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much. That kingdom he hath left his debtor...