| Walter Scott - 1829 - 324 páginas
...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...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 which we have been absent... | |
| Walter Scott - 1829 - 322 páginas
...request, by his witty favourite, the Earl of Rochester, is not more severe than just — Here lien our Sovereign Lord, the King, Whose word no man relies...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 which we have been absent... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 páginas
...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 pranks in the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 páginas
...7, from bottom. The epitaph alluded to is the celebrated epigram made by Rochester on Charles II. It was composed at the King's request, who nevertheless...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. " " THE GREAT MADAM."—?, 265, 1. 6, bottom. The Duchess of Portsmouth, Charles II.'s favourite mistress... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 846 páginas
...is the celebrated epigram made by Rochester on Charlei II. It was composed at the King's ro'juesl. who nevertheless resented its poignancy. The lines...: Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wile one." too; and there is no laughing at so sharp a jest, when it is dinned into your ears on all... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 páginas
...Rochester on Charles II. It was composed at the King's request, who nevertheless resented its poignancy.The lines are well known : — " Here lies our sovereign...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one, " " THE GREAT MADAM. "—P. 265, 1. 6, bottom. The Duchess of Portsmouth, Charles II.'s favourite mistress... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1833 - 496 páginas
...at 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...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 which we have been absent... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1834 - 414 páginas
...a lively epigram made on him by one of the wits of his court : — Here lies our sovereign lord tha 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 very true; for his words were... | |
| 1837 - 830 páginas
...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 for a dog's... | |
| Franz Kottenkamp - 1836 - 390 páginas
...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...never said a foolish thing And never did a wise one. Die nmvefenben Damen mußten bet n>i|igen 3n>eibeutig!eit«n fortwa'f)renb bte 2iu.(jen flen unb erró'tíjen,... | |
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