...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...

...an 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...

...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...

...the Protectorate ; and, above all, Charles himself, the easy, heartless, good-natured libertine, " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." Villiers, the profligate Duke of Buckingham, is brought prominently forward ; but in attempting to...

...Sark is not as complete terra incognita at the present time, as it was in the days of that monarch " who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one." Some have a vague notion that it is one of the Shetland Isles, and named from the Scottish word signifying...

...delightful a companion, how good-natured a man, how full of buoyancy and wit, a very ditto of Old Rowley, lace in this notice : — THANATOPSM. " To him who in the lo D'Orsay was born n prince of fashion, and a dandy-king, formed, indeed, to be the Count Antony Hamilton...

...people were getting up. Still, he had his good points. Unlike King Charles, of naughty memory — " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one," however dull and trite might be Mr. Slowkopf's remarks, his actions were invariably good and kind....

...Scotland, I feel tempted to bring our favourite James VI. on the stage to play his second part — he, " who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one." The reception of James VI. in London was expressed with such extravagant joy, that Barclay tells us...