| Maria Edgeworth - 1833 - 412 páginas
...unfavourable opinion of my judgment — and, after all, ma'am, of the two classes of people, those who ' never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one,' and those who never did a foolish thing, and never said a wise one, would not you rather that I should... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 462 páginas
...an unfavorable opinion of my judgment — and, after all, ma'am, of the two classes of people, those who ' Never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one,' and those who never did a foolish thing, and never said a wise one, would not you rather that I should... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 560 páginas
...unfavourable opinion of my judgment — and, after all, ma'am, of the two classes of people, those who ' Never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one,' and those who never did a foolish thing, and never said a wise one, would not you rather that I should... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 432 páginas
...unfavourable opinion of my judgment — and, after all, ma'am, of the two classes of people, those who ' never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one,' and those who never did a foolish thing, and never said a wise one, would not you rather that I should... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 418 páginas
...unfavourable opinion of my judgment — and, after all, ma'am, of the two classes of people, those who ' never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one,' and those who never did a foolish thing, and never said a wise one, would not you rather that I should... | |
| George Robert Gleig, John Trueheart (pseud.) - 1829 - 382 páginas
...fellow was like Charles II. To explain why a resemblance to the dark anil severe countenance of him " who never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one" could be considered a recommendation by the lady of whom I speak, I shall here relate an anecdote singularly... | |
| Mathew Carey - 1830 - 480 páginas
...ridiculous, but contemptible. He may, in fine, exemplify what the witty Rochester wrote of Charles II: " Who never said a foolish thing— And never did a wise one." Let us examine the other side of the question. There are numbers of men to be found, who are not only... | |
| Thomas Hamilton - 1833 - 420 páginas
...and their character is the very reverse of that attributed by Rochester to the second Charles — " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." It is not right that these men should be judged exclusively by their words; their actions also must... | |
| Thomas Hamilton - 1833 - 426 páginas
...to the second Charles — AMERICAN LEGISLATORS. 109 ^.- : .f .,',' ; ,- • ', ...-.-i .- v n.., , " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." It is not right that these men should be judged exclusively by their words ; their actions also must... | |
| 1840 - 520 páginas
...eminence, are apt to acquire a taste for the perturbing pursuits of fashion or ambition. Charles II. (" who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one") was wont to remark that he considered the country yeomen to be the happiest class of people in his... | |
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