...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 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...

...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 Duchess of Rutland, who, happily, still lives, and still gives evidence of that beauty which once...

...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...

...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. The Duchess of Portsmouth,...

...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, bottom. The Duchess of Portsmouth,...

...composed at the King's ro'juesl. who nevertheless resented its poignancy. The lines are well known :— " f And never did a wile one." too; and there is no laughing at so sharp a jest, when it is dinned into...

...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...

...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...

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...Written on the Chamber Door of King Charles II. BY THE EARL OF ROCHESTER. Here lies the mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. Mankind punished, The crimes of men began to grow so great, That how to punish justly puzzled Fate;...