 | 1858 - 890 pages
...the careless self-possession, are inimitable revelations of that king " Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing ; — And never did a wise one." Evelyn approaches with his gentlemanly gravity and thoughtful face, expressing himself scandalized... | |
 | Julia Kavanagh - 1858 - 604 pages
...seemed too good-natured to injure her ? It would have been foolish, and unlike Charles the Second, — " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." stand, she addressed her daughter, who still stood near the window with a frown on her fair brow. "... | |
 | John William Clayton - 1859 - 464 pages
...of James II., Vol. ip 454. " 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." Charles exhibited no anger at this censure of his witty courtier. " It is very true," observed he,... | |
 | English history - 1859 - 312 pages
...king's character is 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." " It is trne," was Charles's ready answer; " for my deeds are my ministers', and my sayings are my... | |
 | 1863 - 568 pages
...profligates who disported themselves on the river with " the merry Monarch" Charles II., that King who " Never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one ;" he who would visit the Mall in St. James's Park and play a match with my Lord Buckingham and Rochester,... | |
 | James White - 1860 - 874 pages
...serious faith as his 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. LANDMARKS OF CHRONOLOGY. 1660. Restoration of Charles II. — Trial and execution of several of the... | |
 | Charles Campbell - 1860 - 764 pages
...Six days after, all was in the dust." Rochester, in his epigram, described Charles the Second as one Who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one. But it is much easier to discover the foolish things that he did, than the wise things that he said.... | |
 | James White - 1860 - 874 pages
...serious faith as his 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. LANDMARKS OF CHRONOLOGY. 1(>60. Restoration of Charles II. — Trial and execution of several of the... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 pages
...time Lady Castlemaine, lodged in Whitehall, began her empire over the king of England. That man, ' who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one,' was the slave of this imperious and moVt impudent of women. She forced him to settle on her an 106... | |
 | Charles Campbell - 1860 - 790 pages
...Six days after, all was in the dust." Rochester, in his epigram, described Charles the Second as one Who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one. But it is much easier to discover the foolish things that he did, than the wise things that he said.... | |
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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. 
