...take what was said at all amiss, viz. We have a pritty witty king And whose word no man relys on : He never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. Nov. 20. On Sunday last, (17th inst.) about three o'clock in the afternoon, died my very dear friend,...

...calculated to wean from their support, subjects the most devoted to their cause. It was said of Charles II., that he never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one. The Scottish race were bound to the Stuarts by a national prejudice and a sincere affection. But they...

...civil war, and even to the ruin and ignominy of a foreign conquest. It has been remarked of this king, that he never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one." Is'o one can regard the state of the country during his reign, the perjury of which he was guilty,...

...THINK it was King Charles the Second — that " merrie monarch " of whom one who well knew him remarked that he never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one — who remarked that there are more days in this England of ours upon which a man may seek the fields...

...calculated to wean from their support, subjects the most devoted to their cause. It was said of Charles II., that he never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one. The Scottish race were bound to the Stuarts by a national prejudice and a sincere affection. But they...

...but just character of that monarch: " Here lies our mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relies on : He never said a foolish thing. And never did a wise one." to make gubmission to the pope, and to pave the way for th« readmission of England into the bosom...

...contemplating Charles the Second. Where is now the plea ot the witty monarch, who, when he was told that he never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one, rejoined that nothing was more likely, since his sayings were his own, and his doings were the work...

...prince was celebrated for his wit, his good taste, and his love of the fair sex ; it has been remarked that " he never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one." James II. was not endued with the power of making himself loved ; all his subjects hated the hard-featured,...

...the King's bedchamber : — " Here rests our Sovereign Lord the King, "Whose word no one relics on, He never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." Charles expressed no anger on reading it, but remarked "it was perfectly true, for while his language...

...take what was said at all amiss, viz. We have a pritty witty king And whose word no man relys on : He never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. Nov. 20. On Sunday last, (17th inst.) about three o'clock in the afternoon, died my very dear friend,...