| Agnes Strickland - 1845 - Страниц: 508
...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 he had read the lines, " my doings... | |
| 1846 - Страниц: 432
...cleverest, and often the keenest things, with the easiest air of any high-born wit since the days of him " Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one." The Dutehess of Rutland, who, happily, still lives, and still gives evidence of that beauty 'which... | |
| Walter Scott - 1846 - Страниц: 434
...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, we must return to Scotland, from... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1850 - Страниц: 364
...harden my soul to shed it ! TALFOURD. King Charles the Second. 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. Amans Patríete. веыу, о"тгер, г)ч ар%г)ч то irplv •)(áov4... | |
| Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1851 - Страниц: 740
...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 he had read the lines; "my doings... | |
| 1851 - Страниц: 658
...of Rochester, is said to be not more severe than it is 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 the reply : " The matter, he observed, was easily accounted... | |
| 1851 - Страниц: 950
...authority ? Chester, is said to be nut more severe than it is 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 the reply. " The matter, he observed, was easily accounted... | |
| Mrs. Markham - 1852 - Страниц: 420
...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... | |
| Peter Cunningham - 1852 - Страниц: 250
...of Rochester, is said to be not more severe than it is 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 the reply. " The matter," he observed, • Walpoliana, vol.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1853 - Страниц: 478
...Rochester, is not more severe than jostv ^ [ ", t • ^ <L 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, we must return to Scotland,... | |
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