 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 Seiten
...poem well known now of Rochester Is his mock epitaph written on the door of Charles II. 's bedroom—, 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. Charles (not inferior In wit) declared the epitaph... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 Seiten
...needful to the sacrifice My country asks, 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 Patriae. Пa\aíтaтoi вeшv, o"тrep, fjч àp%íjí тo тгplv... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 262 Seiten
...To whose pious memory This monument is erected by his lamenting son Samuel Fox, ON KING CHARLES II. Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word...never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. ON THE REV. MR. BE1GHTON, OF EGHAJW, Who was vicar of that place forty-Jive years. 144 The friend,... | |
 | 1806 - 284 Seiten
...! Splendide mendax. ON KING CHARLES II. y By Lord Rochester. HERE lies our sovereign lord the lung, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. ON ONE NAMED JOHN. DEATH came to John, And whisper'd in his ear, You must die John ; • D'ye hear... | |
 | Collection - 1806 - 286 Seiten
...mendax. ON KING CHARLES II. By Lord Rochester. HERE lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no roan relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. ON ONE NAMED JOHN. DEATH came to John, And whispcr'd in his ear, You must die John ; D'ye hear?* Quoth... | |
 | William Sampson - 1807 - 474 Seiten
...Charles, upon whose bed his friend and jester, Rochester, inscribed, in his life-time, this ludicrous epitaph.' " Here lies our sovereign Lord the King,...' ~ •* " Who never said a foolish thing, « Nor never did a wise one." James //. ONCE more a Romish Monarch— The Irish rejoice — exult — they... | |
 | 1807 - 218 Seiten
...TO BE WRITTEN UNDER A PICTURE OF CHARLKS THE SECOND. [BY BEHOLD a witty, foolish King, Whose faith no man relies on ! Who never said a foolish thing. Nor ever did a wise one. ON A WAITER AND HIS FEIXOW-SERVANT, FORMERLY AT ARTHUR'S, IBOTH AFTERWARDS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, AND... | |
 | Panorama - 1809 - 368 Seiten
...how much his fun'ral cost . WRITTEN ON THE CHAMBER DOOR OF KING CHARLES HERE lies the mutton-eating King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing. Nor ever did a wise one. EPITAPH. HERE lies Tom Rogers, and, 'tis something rarish, He was born, and bred, and hang'd, all in... | |
 | Thomas John Dibdin - 1813 - 344 Seiten
...Charles. XI 1660. CHARLES CHARLES THE SECOND. " The only genius of the Line of Stewart." HORACE WALPOLC. " Who never said a foolish thing, " Nor ever did a wise one." ^ ROCHESTER. " Few men put on the appearance of sincerity better, and iu which so much artifice was... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...care. A difTrent cause, says Parson Sly, 883 Written on the Bed-cliamler Door of Charles II ROCHESTER. 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. To Phyllis. THAT little patch upon your... | |
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CHARLES II Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. 
