 | Jonathan Swift - 1924 - 492 страници
...a duke? "He knew an hundred pleasant stories, With all the 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 show'd by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much. That kingdom... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 страници
...rote. ' He knew a hundred pleasing stories, ' With all the turns of Whigs and Tories: ' Was cheerful to his dying day ; ' And friends would let him have...way. ' He gave the little wealth he had ' To build a house for fools and mad ; ' And shewed, by one satirick touch, ' No nation wanted it so much. ' That... | |
 | Kathleen Winifred Campbell - 1926 - 224 страници
...Name. Should Vice expect to 'scape Rebuke, Because its Owner is a Duke ? " He knew a hundred pleasant Stories, With all the Turns of Whigs and Tories : Was chearful to his dying Day ; His Friends would let him have his Way. " He gave the little Wealth he had To build a House for Fools... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 страници
...duke? "He knew an hundred pleasant stories, With all the turns of Whigs and Tories: Was cheerful till 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 satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much. That kingdom... | |
 | Douglas Lane Patey, Timothy Keegan - 1985 - 280 страници
...character: "He knew an hundred pleasant stories, "With all the turns of Whigs and Tories: "Was cheerful to his dying day, "And friends would let him have his way." (475-78) These may seem curious details for Swift to intrude at such a strategic point, only six lines... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 страници
...himself: He knew an hundred pleasant stories, With all the 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 satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much. That kingdom... | |
 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 страници
...by rote. 'He knew a hundred pleasant stories, With all the 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 satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much: That kingdom... | |
 | Peter Hühn, Jens Kiefer - 2005 - 276 страници
...hear an Idiot quote, "A Verse from Horace, learn'd by Rote. "HE knew an hundred pleasant Stories, 480 "With all the Turns of Whigs and Tories: "Was chearful...Way. "HE gave the little Wealth he had, "To build a House for Fools and Mad: 485 "And shew'd by one satyric Touch, "No Nation wanted it so much: "That... | |
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With all the 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 shew'd by one satiric Touch, "No Nation wanted it so much: "That... 
