...Everybody knows the epitaph written npon the King by Rochester: "Here Hen onr sovereign Lord, the Kins, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing. And never did— a. wise one ! " But vciy few are acquainted with Charles' reply: "Tbe matter," be...

...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...

...W an early death. He wrote the following mock-epitaph upon the bedroom door of CHARLES II. : — " 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." His poems were characterised by general obscenity....

...Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.* Orphcus and Eurydice. Line 134. EARL OF ROCHESTER. 1647-1680. TT ERE lies our sovereign lord the king, ••• •*• Whose word no man relies on ; He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one. Written on thc Bedchamber Door oj" diaries...

...Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, came in and showed us an epigram he had just written on Charles : " 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." We were still laughing at this when Charles, fresh from his slumbers, came...

...Charles the Second, whose character is so happily hit off in the immortal epigram 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. Many leaves of this imaginary Royal Jest Book would doubtless be filled with...

...his witty friend, the Earl of Rochester, fixed on his bed-room door— " Here lies our mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." His wife was Catharine of Braganza, a princess of Portugal, a meek and patient...

...Charles the Second, whose character is so happily hit off in the immortal epigram 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. Many leaves of this imaginary Royal Jest Book -would doubtless be filled...

...audacity to write the lines (so frequently misquoted) on the bed-room door of Charles the Second, — 'Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never says a foolish thing, And never does a wise one,' and whose Life by Bishop Burnett was so highly praised...

...audacity to write the lines (so frequently misquoted) on the bed-room door of Charles the Second, — 'Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never says a foolish thing, And never docs a wise one,' and whose Life by Bishop Burnett was so highly praised...