 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 стор.
...; which he did immediately, as follows : HERE lies the mutton-eating King, Whose word no man relied on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. CHARLES, who could always relish a joke, on being shown this Epitaph, wrote the following comment upon... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 стор.
...double prize, By fame on earth—by glory in the skies ! YI. ON CHARLES II. 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. VII. ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON. inOHIHTKI Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night:... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 стор.
...tell thee what : Think what a woman should be, she was that. Anon. CHABLES n. 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. Rochester, Mod: Ep. on Chas. n. CHABITY — see Beggars, Benevolence. For... | |
 | 1867 - 632 стор.
...together, those who loved and hated, and vexed and cuffed each other, and there is the — Mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relies on. Who never said a foolish thing, Who never did a wise one. Here, with full sleeves, green lined, is Moll Davis, who, enacting the character... | |
 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - 266 стор.
...With talents worthy of a royal race ? MOCK EPITAPH WRITTEN ON THE DOOR OF CHARLES II.'s BEDROOM.28 HERE lies our sov'reign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. Earl of Rochester. ON JAMES II. C'EST ici que Jaques second, Sans ministres... | |
 | Epigrams - 1868 - 144 стор.
...fly from you. Swifl. ON A PICTURE OF CHARLES THE SECOND. Behold, a witty, foolish king, Whose faith no man relies on ! Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. Rochester. DECLINED WITH THANKS. A correspondent, something new Transmitting, sign'd himself " XQ ;"... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1868 - 394 стор.
...character was summed up in a mock epitaph by his boon companion Rochester : "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." "Quite true!" rejoined the king, "for my words are my own, and my acts are... | |
 | 1868 - 292 стор.
...without displeasing mm, wrote on the king's chamber-door these words : — " 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." •' Quite true," said Charles, and laughed, when he saw this character... | |
 | 1868 - 412 стор.
...Everybody knows the epitaph written npon the King by Rochester: "Here Hen onr sovereign Lord, the Kins, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing. And never did— a. wise one ! " But vciy few are acquainted with Charles' reply: "Tbe matter," be... | |
 | Elizabeth Penrose - 1869 - 528 стор.
...There was a lively epigram made on him by one of the wits of his court:— 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. This was shown to Charles, and he said, in his pleasant way, that it was... | |
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EPITAPH ON CHARLES II. 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. 
