 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 324 Seiten
...at his own request, by his witty favourite, the Earl of Rochester, is not more severe than j ust— 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. After this sketch of the King's character,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 Seiten
...himself. On another occasion, he scribbled on Charles's bedroom door the well-known mock epitaph : ' Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never says a foolish thing, Nor ever docs a wise one." He joined Charles in many of his wild... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 846 Seiten
...composed at the King's ro'juesl. who nevertheless resented its poignancy. The lines are well known :— " f : Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wile one." too; and there is no laughing at so sharp... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 Seiten
...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 no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. " " THE GREAT MADAM."—?, 265, 1. 6, bottom.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 Seiten
...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 no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one, " " THE GREAT MADAM. "—P. 265, 1. 6,... | |
 | 1837 - 830 Seiten
...may credit the epitaph which Rochester wrote for him, when he had fallen dead-drunk under the table: Here lies our sovereign lord, the King, Whose word no man relies on ¡ Who never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one. Pope condescended to write an inscription... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 432 Seiten
...his own request, by his witty favourite, the Earl of Rochester, is 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." After this sketch of the King's character,... | |
 | Franz Kottenkamp - 1836 - 390 Seiten
...Smpertinenj t>on 91офе(1ег ancoren, ber ifmi einfl in'é ©efïcfyt folgenbe ©rabfjj&rift fagte: 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. Die nmvefenben Damen mußten bet n>i|igen... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 Seiten
...obliged to listen to an impertinence of Rochester, who read before his face the following epitaph : " 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." The ladies who were present never failed... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1845 - 508 Seiten
...day took the liberty of writing the following impromptu epigram on his majesty's chamber door : — " 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." " It is very true," replied Charles, after... | |
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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. 
