| Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...composed at 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 relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one, " " THE GREAT MADAM. "—P. 265, 1. 6, bottom. The Duchess of Portsmouth,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...composed at 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 relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. " " THE GREAT MADAM."—?, 265, 1. 6, bottom. The Duchess of Portsmouth,... | |
| 1837 - 830 pages
...may credit the epitaph which Rochester wrote for him, when he had fallen dead-drunk under the table: Here lies our sovereign lord, the King, Whose word no man relies on ¡ Who never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one. Pope condescended to write an inscription for a dog's... | |
| Eliza Robbins - Great Britain - 1834 - 414 pages
...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... | |
| Walter Scott - France - 1836 - 432 pages
...his own request, by his witty 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... | |
| Franz Kottenkamp - English - 1836 - 390 pages
...Smpertinenj t>on 91офе(1ег ancoren, ber ifmi einfl in'é ©efïcfyt folgenbe ©rabfjj&rift fagte: 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. Die nmvefenben Damen mußten bet n>i|igen 3n>eibeutig!eit«n fortwa'f)renb... | |
| Joe Miller - English wit and humor - 1836 - 266 pages
...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... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1840 - 686 pages
...occasion he was obliged to listen to an impertinence of Rochester, who read before his face the following epitaph : " Here lies our sovereign Lord the King,...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1845 - 878 pages
...composed at 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 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... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1845 - 508 pages
...day took the liberty of writing the following impromptu epigram on his majesty's chamber door : — " 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." " It is very true," replied Charles, after he had read the lines, " my doings... | |
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