...a lively epigram made on him by one of the wits of his court : — Here lies our sovereign lord tha 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 were...

...favourite, the Earl of Rochester, is not more severe than 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." After this sketch of the King's character, we must return to Scotland, from which we have been absent...

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...but to make thee quicker. Written on the Chamber Door of King Charles II. BY THE EARL OF ROCHESTER. Here lies the mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. Mankind punished, The crimes of men began to grow so great, That how to punish...

...impertinence of Rochester, who read before his face the following 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." The ladies who were present never failed to blush and look down on hearing witty inuendos, until the...

...eminence, are apt to acquire a taste for the perturbing pursuits of fashion or ambition. Charles II. (" who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one") was wont to remark that he considered the country yeomen to be the happiest class of people in his...

...authenticated, that in consequence of the civil and ecclesiastical oppression of Charles I., that monarch "who never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one," while the same persecuting spirit was still rife that drove the Pilgrim fathers in 1620 to seek a grave...

...an unfavourable opinion of my judgment—and, after all, ma'am, of the two classes of people, those who ' never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one,' and those who never did a foolish thing and never said a wise one, would not you rather that I should...

...resented its poignancy. The lines are well known : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the King, \Vho.se me into a certain chapel, to see, as they said to each other, that all was ready. t The Duchess of Portsmouth, Charles H. 's favourite mistress ; very unpopular at the time of the Popish...

...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 Duchess of Portsmouth, Charles II. 's favourite mistress ; тегу unpopular nt the time of...