 | Julia Kavanagh - 1858 - 604 pagini
...seemed too good-natured to injure her ? It would have been foolish, and unlike Charles the Second, — " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." stand, she addressed her daughter, who still stood near the window with a frown on her fair brow. "... | |
 | 1858 - 678 pagini
...improvisa le quatrain suivant : Hcre lies our Sovereign Lord, the King Wtto's word no man relied upon, Who never said a foolish thing And never did a wise one. Ce qui, en français, peut se traduire ainsi : Ci gît notre seigneur le roi. En sa parole aucun n'eut... | |
 | 1858 - 590 pagini
...accompany the gift of understanding. Although there may be exceptional instances, like the merry monarch, " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one ;" we have no doubt that most people have got more wisdom in their heads than they have ever been able... | |
 | John William Clayton - 1859 - 464 pagini
...of the King's chamber — 1 Memoirs of James II., Vol. ip 454. " 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." Charles exhibited no anger at this censure of his witty courtier. " It is very true," observed he,... | |
 | English history - 1859 - 312 pagini
...in which Buckingham sketched the king's character is 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." " It is trne," was Charles's ready answer; " for my deeds are my ministers', and my sayings are my... | |
 | James White - 1860 - 874 pagini
...his courtier may be quoted in serious faith as his epitaph : — 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. LANDMARKS OF CHRONOLOGY. 1(>60. Restoration of Charles II. — Trial and execution of several of the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 382 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." times — but here is to the little man who shall mend them." " I apprehend you," replied his lordship... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 pagini
...his attempt. Well might the Earl of Rochester write of Charles — ' Here lies my sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.' Notwithstanding Blood's outrages — the slightest penalty for which in our days would have been penal... | |
 | James White - 1860 - 874 pagini
...his courtier may be quoted in serious faith as his epitaph : — 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. LANDMARKS OF CHRONOLOGY. 1660. Restoration of Charles II. — Trial and execution of several of the... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1860 - 300 pagini
...the third line, is scarcely overdrawn : — Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, "Whose word no mao relies on ; "Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. The influence of his example, combined with the reactionary tendencies which always follow a period... | |
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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. 
