 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...care. A difTrent cause, says Parson Sly, 883 Written on the Bed-cliamler Door of Charles II ROCHESTER. HERE lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one. To Phyllis. THAT little patch upon your... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...manner : — After a good deal of prevarication, the prime witness at length made a direct VOL. xix. 2 D charge against Sir George Wakeman, the Queen's...the King's request, who nevertheless resented its poignancy.The lines are well known : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 846 pages
...so long set in favour of the Plot, and of the witnesses by whom it lind hitherto been supported. * The epitaph alluded to is the celebrated epigram made by Rochester on Charlei II. It was composed at the King's ro'juesl. who nevertheless resented its poignancy. The lines... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 770 pages
...shall hereafter call by his real name of Chiffinch,) with much drunken gravity, for his speech had " The epitaph alluded to is the celebrated epigram made...known : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the King, \Vho.se word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing. And never did a wise one." t The Duchess... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 878 pages
...shall hereafter call by his real name of Chiffinch,) with mucli drunken gravity, for his speech had ' The epitaph alluded to is the celebrated epigram made by Rochester on Charles II. II was composed at the King's request, who nevertheless resented its poignancy. The lines are well... | |
 | James Goodeve Miall - 1851 - 382 pages
...Part of Eochester's epigram was equally applicable to the father, the son, and the grandson: — " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on." equally evident that the king was intending to bring in a foreign force for the subjugation of his... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1853 - 710 pages
...had hitherto been supported. * The epitaph alluded to is the celebrated epigram made by Rochester ou Charles II. It was composed at the King's request,...known :— " Here lies our sovereign lord the King, graced is the author; and but for his Grace of Buckingham, the Court would be as dull as my Lord Chancellor's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 538 pages
...of the Island ? — To be sure I do." "He is the man that shall knot the great fiddle-strings that * The epitaph alluded to is the celebrated epigram made by Rochester on Charles II. It was composed ut the King's request, who nevertheless resented It* poignancy. The lines are well known : — " Here... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 752 pages
...the Plot, and of the witnesses by whom it had hUlu-rto been supported. 3 Page 43. The epitaph ullnded to is the celebrated epigram made by Rochester on Charles II. It was composed at the Kings request, who nevertheless resented its poignancy. The liues are well known : — " Here lies... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 704 pages
...Rochester on Charles II. It > the Kins'-1* request, who nevertheless resented its puicuuiicy. The hues are well known :— "Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose, word no man relies on, VVhn never sind a foolish thine, And never did a wise oue." t The Dnchess of Portsmouth, Charles II.... | |
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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. 
