 | Francis Edward Smedley - 1853 - 306 pagini
...people were getting up. Still, he had his good points. Unlike King Charles, of naughty memory — " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one," however dull and trite might be Mr. Slowkopf's remarks, his actions were invariably good and kind.... | |
 | Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose - 1854 - 602 pagini
...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, in his pleasant way, that it was very true ; for his words... | |
 | Toby (Hogarth's own dog.), William Hogarth (pseud.) - 1854 - 206 pagini
...eyes." 194. LORD ROCHESTER'S EPIGRAM ON KING CHARLES n., WHILE LTING UNDER THE TABLE. Here lies the mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. 193. A GOOD REASON HE COULD NOT DO IT. Blitz had a bright little fellow on... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 692 pagini
...nevertheless resented its poignancy. The lines are well known. : — "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." t The Dnchess of Portsmouth, Charles II. 's favourite mistress; very unpopular at the time of the Popish... | |
 | James White - 1855 - 308 pagini
...which succeeding ages have ratified as very correct : " Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, \Vhose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." But at this time, while Cromwell and puritanic enthusiasm hung like a black cloud over the sunny fields... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pagini
...the kingdom's shame." For CHARLES II. (By the Earl of Rochester.) " 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."* In the South-east corner of Hammersmith church, near the pulpit, is a monument of black and white marble,... | |
 | M. Barbieri - 1857 - 412 pagini
...Scotland, I feel tempted to bring our favourite James VI. on the stage to play his second part — he, " who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one." The reception of James VI. in London was expressed with such extravagant joy, that Barclay tells us... | |
 | 1858 - 890 pagini
...glance of his eye, the hard smile, and the careless self-possession, are inimitable revelations of that king " Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing ; — And never did a wise one." Evelyn approaches with his gentlemanly gravity and thoughtful face, expressing himself scandalized... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - 1858 - 584 pagini
...the epitaph written upon the King by Rochester, " Here lies onrSovereign Lord the King, Whose \vord no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing. And never did — a wise one ! " but very few are acquainted with Charles' reply : " The matter," he observed, " was easily accounted... | |
 | Francis Lancelott - 1858 - 604 pagini
...was ahout this period that a court wit wrote on the chamber door of Charles II. — " Here lies the mutton-eating King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one." Lady Castlemaine's influence still continued. At a court masquerade, she,... | |
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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. 
