| Francis Lancelott - 1858 - 552 páginas
...this period that a court wit wrote on the chamber door of Charles II.— " Here lies the mutton-eating King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one." Lady Castlemaine's influence still continued. At a court masquerade, she,... | |
| John William Clayton - 1859 - 464 páginas
...inscribe the following on the door of the King's chamber — 1 Memoirs of James II., Vol. ip 454. " Here lies our sovereign Lord, the King, Whose word...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." Charles exhibited no anger at this censure of his witty courtier. " It is very true," observed he,... | |
| English history - 1859 - 312 páginas
...guessed the * The witty epitaph in which Buckingham sketched the king's character is well known : " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." " It is trne," was Charles's ready answer; " for my deeds are my ministers', and my sayings are my... | |
| James White - 1860 - 874 páginas
...accompanied. The witty epigram of his courtier may be quoted in serious faith as his epitaph : — Here lies our sovereign lord, the king, Whose word...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. LANDMARKS OF CHRONOLOGY. 1(>60. Restoration of Charles II. — Trial and execution of several of the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1860 - 382 páginas
...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." times — but here is to the little man who shall mend them." " I apprehend you," replied his lordship... | |
| James White - 1860 - 874 páginas
...accompanied. The witty epigram of his courtier may be quoted in serious faith as his epitaph : — Here lies our sovereign lord, the king, Whose word...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. LANDMARKS OF CHRONOLOGY. 1660. Restoration of Charles II. — Trial and execution of several of the... | |
| Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 páginas
...bearing and to pardon his attempt. Well might the Earl of Rochester write of Charles — ' Here lies my sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.' Notwithstanding Blood's outrages — the slightest penalty for which in our days would have been penal... | |
| John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1860 - 300 páginas
...the third line, is scarcely overdrawn : — Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, "Whose word no mao relies on ; "Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. The influence of his example, combined with the reactionary tendencies which always follow a period... | |
| Walter Scott - 1861 - 316 páginas
...his own request, by his witty favorite, the Earl of Rochester, is not more severe than just : — " Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word...said a foolish thing, A.nd never did a wise one." After this sketch of the King's character, we must return to Scotland, from which we have been absent... | |
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