...or satire, an instance of which is recorded in the mock epitaph, so well known and so often quoted: 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. There were two principles in his nature which were especially liable to these...

...or satire, an instance of which is recorded in the mock epitaph, so well known and so often quoted : 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. There were two principles in his nature which were especially liable to these...

...made no good use of them. There was 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...

...at his own request, by his witty favourite, the Earl of Rochester, is not more severe than j ust— 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...

...request, by his witty favourite, the Earl of Rochester, is not more severe than just — Here lien 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...

...Orrery, and Coote earl of Montrath ; the two latter made lords-justices, and Ormond lordlieutenant. Such was this witty and profligate Charles, upon whose...lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relied on, Who never said a foolish thing, Nor never did a wise one." James II. Once more a Romish...

...Orrery, and Coote earl of Montrath ; the two latter made lords-justices, and Ormond lordlieutenant. Such was this witty and profligate Charles, upon whose...Rochester, inscribed in his lifetime this ludicrous epitaph :— Y 3 " Here lies our sovereign lord the king,. Whose word no man relied on, Who never said a foolish...

...Orrery, and Coote earl of Montrath ; the two latter made lords-justices, and Ormond lordlieutenant. Such was this witty and profligate Charles, upon whose...Rochester, inscribed in his lifetime this ludicrous epitaph :— Y 3 " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relied on, Who never said a foolish...

...the monarch himself. On another occasion, he scribbled on Charles's bedroom door the well-known mock epitaph : ' Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never says a foolish thing, Nor ever docs a wise one." He joined Charles in many of his wild pranks in the...

...composed at the King's ro'juesl. who nevertheless resented its poignancy. The lines are well known :— " f And never did a wile one." too; and there is no laughing at so sharp a jest, when it is dinned into...