...which succeeding ages have ratified as very correct : " Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, \Vhose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." But at this time, while Cromwell and puritanic enthusiasm hung like a black cloud over the sunny fields...

...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...said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one."* In the South-east corner of Hammersmith church, near the pulpit, is a monument of black and white marble,...

...Scotland, I feel tempted to bring our favourite James VI. on the stage to play his second part — he, " who never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one." The reception of James VI. in London was expressed with such extravagant joy, that Barclay tells us...

...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, expressing himself scandalized...

...the epitaph written upon the King by Rochester, " Here lies onrSovereign Lord the King, Whose \vord no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing. And never did — a wise one ! " but very few are acquainted with Charles' reply : " The matter," he observed, " was easily accounted...

...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,...

...accompany the gift of understanding. Although there may be exceptional instances, like the merry monarch, " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one ;" we have no doubt that most people have got more wisdom in their heads than they have ever been able...

...seemed too good-natured to injure her ? It would have been foolish, and unlike Charles the Second, — " Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." stand, she addressed her daughter, who still stood near the window with a frown on her fair brow. "...

...improvisa le quatrain suivant : Hcre lies our Sovereign Lord, the King Wtto's word no man relied upon, Who never said a foolish thing And never did a wise one. Ce qui, en français, peut se traduire ainsi : Ci gît notre seigneur le roi. En sa parole aucun n'eut...

...guessed the * The witty epitaph in which Buckingham sketched the king's character is well known : " Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." " It is trne," was Charles's ready answer; " for my deeds are my ministers', and my sayings are my...