 | 1913 - 142 pages
...well as saying them. Of course, you recall the famous mot written on the door of Charles's bedchamber: 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. President Taft has taken Charles's place.... | |
 | Alexander Mackintosh - 1914 - 444 pages
...A parody on the lines written by the Earl of Rochester on the bed-chamber door of Charles II : — 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. VIII LIBERAL MINISTER AND ' PRO-BOER ' IN... | |
 | Edwin Lillie Miller - 1915 - 120 pages
...has occasion for only one. — Italian Proverb. 2. All 's well that ends well. — Shakespeare. 3. Here lies our sovereign lord, the King, Whose word no man relies on; He never says a foolish thing And never does a wise one. Earl of Rochester. 4. Here thou, great Anna,... | |
 | Edwin Lillie Miller - 1917 - 690 pages
...scandalous and poor. This same nobleman pinned upon the king's bedroom door the following spitaph: " Here lies our sovereign lord, the King, Whose word no man relies on ; He never says a foolish thing, And never does a wise one." " This is true," said the good-humored... | |
 | Charles Penrose Keith - 1917 - 476 pages
...some favor with Charles II by writing the following, over the latter 's bedchamber door, it is said: "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." Surely no public act could have exceeded... | |
 | David Duncan Wallace - 1917 - 426 pages
...Charles II's witty retort upon an equally witty courtier who wrote upon the door of the royal bedchamber: Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; He never says a foolish thing Nor never does a wise one. "'Tis true," replied the King, "because... | |
 | Herbert Charles O'Neill - 1919 - 480 pages
...mind. And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. 415. OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728-74), Retaliation. 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. 416. LORD ROCHESTER (1647-80), Written on... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1920 - 202 pages
...Earl of Rochester is said to have written the following lines on the door of Charles IPs bedchamber: "Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on; He never says a foolish thing Nor never does a wise one," Thus it was that the half-dozen young men,... | |
 | Alfred Edward Newton - 1921 - 406 pages
...is supplied by the epigram of the Earl of Rochester, written on the bedroom door of Charles II : — Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; He never says a foolish thing Or ever does a wise one. In vain did Charles attempt the explanation... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 952 pages
...set in favour of the Plot, and of the witnesses by whom it had hitherto been supported. NOTE 2, p. 80 The epitaph alluded to is the celebrated epigram made...lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relics on; Who never >aid a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. NOTE 3, p. 81 The Duchess of Portsmouth,... | |
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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. 
