...graceless Majesty, 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...

...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,...

...graceless Majesty, 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...

...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...

...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...

...of Charles II. Wrote the following well-known mock epitaph upon the bedroom door of that monarch — 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. Thomas Otway— 1651-1685. An unfortunate...

...profligate courtier, it is said, was the writer of the following mock epitaph on Char'es II. : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word...never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one." The Earl was Gentleman of the Bedchamber in the royal household. Can you or any of your readers tell...

...bad government, and partakes of the Duke of Buckingham's witty epitaph on the king's character : — "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 reign also marks the commencement of...

...character was summed up in the mock epitaph of his boon companion, the Earl of Eochester : — • " 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."* A small band of friends had adhered to...

...almost anything that was asked of him. One of his witty courtiers once wrote upon his bedroom 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." He was so bright and lively, and made...