...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." entertained. " The man," says Evelyn, " had not only a daring, but a villainous unmerciful look, a...

...if they wished to emulate their " Merry Monarch," (as characterised by the F-arl of Rochester), - " Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one." They were as careless of their health, wealth, time, and intellect as though there were no Beyond to...

...written upon Charles II., as is said, at his own request, by his favourite the Earl of Rochester : — " Here lies our sovereign Lord the King, Whose word...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." "The matter," Charles wittily replied, "was easily accounted for — his discourse was his own, his...

...him the following epitaph, which, with the exception of the third line, is scarcely overdrawn : — Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word...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...

...travels again." His character was summed up in a mock epitaph by his boon companion Rochester : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." " Quite true ! " rejoined the king, "for my words are my own, and my acts are my ministers'." The convention...

...platitude. His inscription for the chamber of Charles II. is still remembered: " Here lies our mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." Sedley was a poet of the same kind. So was the great Dryden ; but his " dexterous sagacity" knew how...

...contagion. SHARSPERE. — Twelfth Night, Act II. Scene 8. (Sir Toby to Sir Andrew.) SOVEREIGN. — Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one. SPADE. — ''Never mind," said Philip; "...

...the King's request, who nevertheless resented its poignancy. The lines are well known: — 11 Ilere lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." will ; and I will drink it super naculum. — And how stands the great Madam ? " * " Stoutly against...

...its poignancy. The lines are well known: — •' Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose Vord no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." will ; and I will drink it super naculum. — And how stands the great Madam ? " * " Stoutly against...

...his boon companion Rochester :— " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relics on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." " Quite true I " rejoined the king, " for my words are my own, and my acts are my ministers'." The...