...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...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." Yet how weak is even this epigram to express the infamy of a reign, in which the caprice of government...

...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...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 are those of my ministers,...

...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...never said a foolish thing. And never did a wise one." t The Duchess of Portsmouth, Charles II. 's favourite mistress ; тегу unpopular nt the time of...

...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...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 which we have been absent...

...authenticated, that in consequence of the civil and ecclesiastical oppression of Charles I., that monarch " who never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one," while the same persecuting spirit was still rife that drove the Pilgrim fathers in 1620 to seek a grave...

...tradition ; but there is nothing of improbability about it. Her influence over the voluptuous monarch, ' Who never said a foolish thing And never did a wise one," was, at one period, unbounded. It was in this instance, at least, exerted in the cause of mercy and...

...that he was a philosopher of a most practical cast. He was not like our Charles the Second, a king " who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one." He fitted out fleets, which, navigated by Phoenician pilots and mariners, sailed from the Red Sea to...

...early to encourage and reward the workmen, and showed great, presence of mind and activity. Charles possessed talents, but made no good use of them. There...Charles, and he said, in his pleasant way, that it was vtry true ; for his words were his owi>, but his actions were his ministers . What were the manneis...

...repeated the lines of Rochester's jocular epitaph: " Here lies the mutton-eating king, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing And never did a wise one." "Aye," said O'Connell, laughing, " the debauched old vagabond's answer to that epitaph was admirable....

...repeated the lines of Rochester's jocular epitaph : " Here lies the mutton-eating king, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing And never did a wise one." " Aye," said O'Connell, laughing, "the debauched old vagabond's answer to that epitaph was admirable....