...keep their places, and he never yet met with any that were willing to part with theirs." The King, who "never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one," soon after roused the nation to protest rather against " the breaking of Parliaments," as the phrase...

...restoration was one a dishonour and shame to England. The satirical mock epitaph that dacrite him as the king who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one, was not altogether devoid of truth. Charles II. had excellent abilities, aoi could form a sound judgment...

...Whitehall Charles II. lived out his indecorous days. Think of that last Sunday of all, when the monarch " who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one," sat here with characteristic surroundings : " a French boy singing love songs in those glorious galleries,...

...They should not be critical and querulous. I have little respect for one who never made a mistake, " who never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one." It is pitiful to see a cynical spirit shown toward those who are coming to take our places. Better...

...diplomatic silence or a too confiding unreserve are equally observable. There may indeed have been rulers " who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one;" yet Charles II., if far from an ideal sovereign, at least managed for a quarter of a century to \ \...

...225, 22b. army, and exclude Catholics in future from all offices both civil and military. The monarch who never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one, was in want of money, and of course consented to the demands of his Protestant subjects. The question,...

...the fall of Troy (1184 BC) to the restoration of the Athenian Democracy (510 BC). $2. CHARLES II. " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." After the death of Oliver Cromwell, his son Richard was acknowledged his successor. But, as Richard...

...the fall of Troy (1184 BC) to the restoration of the Athenian Democracy (510 BC). 52. CHARLES II. " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." After the death of Oliver Cromwell, his son Richard was acknowledged his successor. But, as Richard...

...to France by Charles II. in November, 1662, is not the least shameful act committed by the monarch, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. Colbert saw the immense natural advantages of the place, and it was at his instigation that the Count...

...ministers whenever it suited him, he managed to kcep his throne, and to enjoy life as the " merry monarch " who " Never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." His first chief adviser was Sir Edward Hyde, an upright royalist who had sat in the Long Parliament...