 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 478 pages
...request, by his witty favourite, the Earl of Rochester, is not more severe than jostv ^ [ ", t • ^ <L 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 752 pages
...composed at the Kings request, who nevertheless resented its poignancy. The liues are well known : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thin?, And never did a wise one. 4. Page 41. The Duchess of Portsmouth. Charles II. 's favorite mistress... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 538 pages
...composed ut the King's request, who nevertheless resented It* poignancy. The lines are well known : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies ou ; Who never s:<i<] a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." •f The Duchess of Portsmouth. Charles... | |
 | Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose - 1854 - 602 pages
...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... | |
 | Toby (Hogarth's own dog.), William Hogarth (pseud.) - English wit and humor - 1854 - 206 pages
...LORD ROCHESTER'S EPIGRAM ON KING CHARLES n., WHILE LTING UNDER THE TABLE. Here lies the mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. 193. A GOOD REASON HE COULD NOT DO IT. Blitz had a bright little fellow on the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 692 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 Dnchess of Portsmouth, Charles II. 's favourite mistress; very unpopular... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 704 pages
...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.... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...The Slough of Despond. EARL OF ROCHESTER. 1647-1680. Written on the Bedchamber Door of Oharles 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. Artemisa in the Town to Chioe in the Country.... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - Epitaphs - 1857 - 560 pages
...man name ; It was thy glory, but the kingdom's shame." For CHARLES II. (By 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."* In the South-east corner of Hammersmith church, near the pulpit, is a monument... | |
 | Francis Lancelott - Queens - 1858 - 552 pages
...this period that a court wit wrote on the chamber door of Charles II.— " Here lies the mutton-eating King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one." Lady Castlemaine's influence still continued. At a court masquerade, she, to... | |
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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. 
