 | English epigrams - 1878 - 464 Seiten
...adherents, was restored on May 8th, 1660.] HI. A MOCK EPITAPH, WRITTEN ON THE DOOR OP CHARLES II.'s BEDROOM. Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never says a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-1680).... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - 1878 - 124 Seiten
...Till the future dares forget the past, his fate and fame shall be an echo and a light unto eternity. Here lies our sovereign lord, the king, whose word no man relies on, who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one. We rove wherever the wind may blow. Gather... | |
 | Where, Who - 1878 - 186 Seiten
...Well that Ends Well, act i. sc. 3. Solitudinem faoiunt ; paoem appellant. TACITUS, Agricola, cap. xxx. He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one. EAEL OF ROCHESTER, Written on the Bedchamber Door of Charles II. He prayeth well, who loveth well Both... | |
 | Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1879 - 296 Seiten
...of thoughtless gentlemen without quoting Eochester's best epigram, familiar though it sounds : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." But, as Charles n. retorted, his deeds... | |
 | John Guard - 1879 - 476 Seiten
...friend the witty Earl of Rochester at his own request, is said to be not more severe than just: — ' Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.' How witty was Charles's reply. 'The matter,'... | |
 | Ellen Webley Parry - 1879 - 530 Seiten
...by the earl of Rochester, one of the wits of the court, gives Charles the following character:— " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one." The divines belonging to the English Church... | |
 | Mortimer Collins - 1879 - 290 Seiten
...of thoughtless gentlemen without quoting Eochester's best epigram, familiar though it sounds : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." But, as Charles n. retorted, his deeds... | |
 | Adolfo de Castro - 1879 - 354 Seiten
...equivocacion ó por malicia ó desvergüenza, que es lo más verosímil, le entregó este epitafio: Here lies our sovereign Lord the King Whose word no man relies on : (O Who never said a foolish thing And never olid a wise one. Habiendo Cárlos leido los 'versos,... | |
 | Magdalen School (University of Oxford) - 1870 - 622 Seiten
...and so hid himself there." Preposterous ! Let us see what one of his own party says of him : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. " Зоб June, 1875. 307 then, it is obvious... | |
 | M. J. Guest - 1879 - 700 Seiten
...One of his witty courtiers preloading to make his epitaph while he was still alive, wrote — " Hero lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." 17. The people in general were the more... | |
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Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. 
