 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1851 - 740 páginas
...the following impromptu epigram on his majesty's chamber door : — "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 very true," replied Charles, after he had read the lines; "my doings are those of my ministers,... | |
 | 1851 - 658 páginas
...Earl of Rochester, is said to be not more severe than it is just : 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. How witty was the reply : " The matter, he observed, was easily accounted for — his discourse was... | |
 | 1851 - 950 páginas
...authority ? Chester, is said to be nut more severe than it is just : 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. How witty was the reply. " The matter, he observed, was easily accounted for — his discourse was... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1851 - 742 páginas
...the following impromptu epigram on his majesty's chamber door: — " Here lies onr sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, "It is very true/' replied Charles, after he had read the lines; "my doings are those of my ministers,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1851 - 682 páginas
...Sark is not as complete terra incognita at the present time, as it was in the days of that monarch " who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one." Some have a vague notion that it is one of the Shetland Isles, and named from the Scottish word signifying... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1852 - 250 páginas
...Earl of Rochester, is said to be not more severe than it is just : 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. How witty was the reply. " The matter," he observed, • Walpoliana, vol. ip 58. " was easily accounted... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - 1852 - 420 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 páginas
...delightful a companion, how good-natured a man, how full of buoyancy and wit, a very ditto of Old Rowley, lace in this notice : — THANATOPSM. " To him who in the lo D'Orsay was born n prince of fashion, and a dandy-king, formed, indeed, to be the Count Antony Hamilton... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 478 páginas
...Earl of Rochester, is not more severe than jostv ^ [ ", t • ^ <L 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, we must return to Scotland, from which we have been absent... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 752 páginas
...nevertheless resented its poignancy. The liues are well known : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thin?, And never did a wise one. 4. Page 41. The Duchess of Portsmouth. Charles II. 's favorite mistress... | |
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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. 
