Irish Essayist Quotes

Jonathan Swift

Maria Edgeworth

There was a most ingenious architect who had contrived a new method for building houses, by beginning at the roof, and working downward to the foundation.

Nor elves, nor fays, nor magic charm, Have pow'r, or will, to work us harm; For those who dare the truth to tell, Fays, elves, and fairies, wish them well.

Maria Edgeworth