 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pagini
...the sacrifice My country asks, harden my soul to shed it ! TALFOURD. King Charles the Second. Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. Amans Patriae. Пa\aíтaтoi вeшv, o"тrep,... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 262 pagini
...whose pious memory This monument is erected by his lamenting son Samuel Fox, ON KING CHARLES II. Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. ON THE REV. MR. BE1GHTON, OF EGHAJW, Who... | |
 | William Sampson - 1807 - 474 pagini
...bed his friend and jester, Rochester, inscribed, in his life-time, this ludicrous epitaph.' " Here lies our sovereign Lord the King, •'» ' " Whose word no man relies on ; ,.*• ' ~ •* " Who never said a foolish thing, « Nor never did a wise one." James //. ONCE more... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pagini
...difTrent cause, says Parson Sly, 883 Written on the Bed-cliamler Door of Charles II ROCHESTER. HERE lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man...never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one. To Phyllis. THAT little patch upon your face Would seem a foil on one less fair; On you it hides a... | |
 | William Sampson - 1817 - 452 pagini
...Rochester, inscribed, in his Ufc-tiw, this ludicrous epitaph: *. r* •.«•*•.•• i* . .ii '•Here lies our sovereign lord the king> "Whose word no man relies on; •,•Who never said a foolish thing, "Nor never did a wise one." James H. OKCE more a Romish Monarch.... | |
 | Thomas Green - 1818 - 654 pagini
...drawn by the Earl of Rochester, in the celebrated verse, which was called the King's Epitaph : Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one ! In answer to which, Charles shrewdly admitted... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 694 pagini
...satire, an instance of which is recorded in the mock epitaph, so well known and so often quoted: Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing. And never did a wise one. There were two principles in his nature... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - 1829 - 474 pagini
...good use of them. There was a lively epigram made on him by one of the wits of his court : — Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. This was shown to Charles, and he said,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 324 pagini
...his own request, by his witty favourite, the Earl of Rochester, is not more severe than j ust— Here lies our Sovereign Lord, the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. After this sketch of the King's character,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 pagini
...himself. On another occasion, he scribbled on Charles's bedroom door the well-known mock epitaph : ' Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never says a foolish thing, Nor ever docs a wise one." He joined Charles in many of his wild... | |
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Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. 
