| 1923 - 748 pagini
...is James the Sixth of Scotland and the First of England — the king, according to the old waggery, "who never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one." But see Green. The "wanton laird of young Logic" is John Wemyss who plotted against him with the Earl... | |
| Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1910 - 128 pagini
...that one of the wittiest of his courtiers suggested 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. * I am indebted to The Autobiography of Sir Robert Sibbald, Edinburgh, 1833, for the facts regarding... | |
| 1901 - 1328 pagini
...very means of preserving that liberal park scenery whereof Englishmen are so justly proud. The King who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one, is reported to have described trees as natural excrescences of the earth supplied by Providence for... | |
| 1903 - 1096 pagini
...our polished rulers, James the First, ' the wisest fool in Christendom,' and Charles the Second, ' who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one,' confirm that people who have filled themselves with undigested learning can talk most wisely in drawing... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 368 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.' ' The epitaph ! ' exclaimed Tom ; ' why, I was by when it was made; and it passed for an excellent... | |
| H. James Jensen - 1996 - 478 pagini
...Should we live one day asunder. VERSES ATTACHED TO CHARLES H'S CHAMBER 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. UPON DRINKING IN A BOWL Vulcan contrive me such a cup As Nestor us'd of old:... | |
| Peter Gordon, Denis Lawton - 1999 - 342 pagini
...something of a paradox. His character was well summed up in a contemporary epigram: We have a pritty King Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing Nor ever did a wise one. JAMES II (1633-1701, ABDICATED 1688) Although, as we have seen, the childhood... | |
| Vernon K. McLellan - 2000 - 308 pagini
...again but less and less and less. PIET HEIN Epitaph to 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. JOHN WILMOT As a man grows older and wiser, he talks less and says more. Caution... | |
| Matt Richardson - 2001 - 336 pagini
...Wilmot, Earl of Rochester wrote the following famous lines in honour of the king: We have a pretty witty king, Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thing Nor ever did a wise one. 3. GEORGE III (1738-1820) Much of the American Declaration of Independence... | |
| Ashley Montagu - 2001 - 388 pagini
...Rochester's epigram on his friend Charles II belongs in a class of its own: 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. To which Charles replied, "My sayings are my own, my actions are my ministers."... | |
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