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" 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 wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton - Page 38
by Katherine Thomson - 1860
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Sabrinae corolla in hortulis regiae scholae Salopiensis contextuerunt tres ...

Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...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...never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. Amans Patriae. Пa\aíтaтoi вeшv, o"тrep, fjч àp%íjí тo тгplv -)(аovч àfíavpov Secrтгóтai...
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Practical Education, Volume 2

Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Children - 1801 - 372 pages
...the powers of reasoning in our pupils ; " Here lies the mutton eating king; Whose promise none relied on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. Epitaph on Charles 2d. pupils ; we must consider now how these can be applied immediately to their...
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A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes ...

Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...memory This monument is erected by his lamenting son Samuel Fox, ON KING 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. ON THE REV. MR. BE1GHTON, OF EGHAJW, Who was vicar of that place forty-Jive...
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The British Martial: Or, An Anthology of English Epigrams: Being ..., Volume 1

Epigrams, English - 1806 - 274 pages
...47 CV. ROCHESTER'S EPITAPH ON CHARLES n. Here lies the mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relied on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. .. CVI. THE FOND HUSBAND NO STORY-TELLER. When Thomas calls his wife his half, I like the fellow's...
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical ..., Volume 1

Epitaphs - 1806 - 284 pages
...! 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...
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Memoirs of William Sampson: Including Particulars of His Adventures in ...

William Sampson - Europe - 1807 - 474 pages
...friend and jester, Rochester, inscribed, in his life-time, this ludicrous epitaph.' " Here lies our sovereign Lord the King, •'» ' " Whose word no...,.*• ' ~ •* " Who never said a foolish thing, « Nor never did a wise one." James //. ONCE more a Romish Monarch— The Irish rejoice — exult —...
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The panorama of wit. Exhibiting the choicest epigrams in the English language

Panorama - Epigrams, English - 1809 - 368 pages
...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...
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A Selection of English Epigrams: Extracted Principally from the British and ...

Epigrams - 1812 - 156 pages
...CLXXIll. ROCHESTER'* Epitaph on CHARLES II. Here lies the mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relied on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. CLXXIV. Belinda has such store of charms, Tis Heav'n to lie within her arms ; And she's so charitably...
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Patronage, Volume 14

Maria Edgeworth - 1833 - 412 pages
...unfavourable opinion of my judgment — and, after all, ma'am, of the two classes of people, those who ' never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one,' and those who never did a foolish thing, and never said a wise one, would not you rather that I should...
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Patronage, Volume 1

Maria Edgeworth - England - 1814 - 462 pages
...an unfavorable opinion of my judgment — and, after all, ma'am, of the two classes of people, those who ' Never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one,' and those who never did a foolish thing, and never said a wise one, would not you rather that I should...
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