...composed ut the King's request, who nevertheless resented It* poignancy. The lines are well known : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies ou ; Who never s:<i<] a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." •f The Duchess of Portsmouth. Charles...

...made no good use of them. 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...

...LORD ROCHESTER'S EPIGRAM ON KING CHARLES n., WHILE LTING UNDER THE TABLE. Here lies the mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. 193. A GOOD REASON HE COULD NOT DO IT. Blitz had a bright little fellow on the stand to assist him...

...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." t The Dnchess of Portsmouth, Charles II. 's favourite mistress; very unpopular...

...II. It > the Kins'-1* request, who nevertheless resented its puicuuiicy. The hues are well known :— "Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose, word no man relies on, VVhn never sind a foolish thine, And never did a wise oue." t The Dnchess of Portsmouth, Charles II....

...The Slough of Despond. EARL OF ROCHESTER. 1647-1680. Written on the Bedchamber Door of Oharles II. Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on ; He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one. Artemisa in the Town to Chioe in the Country....

...man name ; It was thy glory, but the kingdom's shame." For CHARLES II. (By the Earl of 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."* In the South-east corner of Hammersmith church, near the pulpit, is a monument...

...approached the guillotine, Sydney Carton was for the first time a man. Charles II., too, the monarch who " never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one," who merits nevertheless a kind of {esthetic or literary approbation because of his singularly felicitous...

...this period that a court wit wrote on the chamber door of Charles II.— " Here lies the mutton-eating King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one." Lady Castlemaine's influence still continued. At a court masquerade, she, to outshine the Queen, appeared...

...glance of his eye, the hard smile, and 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,...