 | Agnes Strickland - 1845 - 508 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Karl Ludwig Klose - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...England from his rule, the epigram of a contemporary might aptly have been engraved on his tomb : — " 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." Yet how weak is even this epigram to express... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1846 - 434 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1848 - 410 Seiten
...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 eaid a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." " It is very true," replied Charles, after... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1850 - 364 Seiten
...needful to the sacrifice My country asks, harden my soul to shed it ! TALFOURD. King Charles the Second. 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. Amans Patríete. веыу, о"тгер,... | |
 | 1851 - 658 Seiten
...request, by his witty favorite, the Earl of Rochester, is said to be not more severe than it is 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. How witty was the reply : " The matter, he... | |
 | James Goodeve Miall - 1851 - 382 Seiten
...Part of Eochester's epigram was equally applicable to the father, the son, and the grandson: — " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on." equally evident that the king was intending to bring in a foreign force for the subjugation of his... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1852 - 250 Seiten
...request,t by his witty favourite the Earl of Rochester, is said to be not more severe than it is 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. How witty was the reply. " The matter," he... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - 1852 - 420 Seiten
...made no good use ofthem. 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 478 Seiten
...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,... | |
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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. 
