...the Earl of Rochester : — " 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 matter," Charles wittily replied, "was easily accounted for — his discourse was his own, his...

...line, is scarcely overdrawn : — 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 influence of his example, combined with the reactionary tendencies which always follow a period...

...lines are well known: — •' Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose Vord no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." will ; and I will drink it super naculum. — And how stands the great Madam ? " * " Stoutly against...

...it, and begged him to give them only the first part. • With visible reluctance, Barrow 1 The king " who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one," used to call Barrow " an unfair preacher, because he left nothing for those who came after him." consented....

...referring to his grandson, Charles II. " O'ir sovereign lord, the king, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." Little Oliver, if he was at Hinchinbrook during the royal visit, must have received a curious impression...

...familiar though it sounds : ' Here lies onr sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.' But, as Charles II. retorted, his deeds were those of his ministers, and his words were his own. Still,...

...d'Âubigny, candidat de Charles II au cardinalat en 1661. — Charles II d'Angleterre, de qui on a pu dire : Who never said a foolish thing And never did a wise one, écrivait de Londres, manu propria, au cardinal Azzolini (i), six mois après son avènement au trône,...

...relic of the Protectorate; and, above all, Charles himself, the easy, heartless, good-natured ibertine. "Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." Villiers, the profligate Duke of Buckingham, is brought pimninently forward; but in attempting to give...

...she was that. Anon. CHABLES n. 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. Rochester, Mod: Ep. on Chas. n. CHABITY — see Beggars, Benevolence. For his bounty, There was no...

...the skies ! YI. ON CHARLES II. 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. VII. ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON. inOHIHTKI Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night: God said—Let Newton...