...zealously to correct the defect. Under the auspices, then, of the king of whom Kochester wrongly said that ' he never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one,' Greenwich Observatory was built, and in 1676 Flamsteed, who had been appointed Astronomical Observator,2...

...childless only child, the wife of the licentious Villiers Duke of Buckingham, of whom it is written that he " Never said a, foolish thing And never did a wise one," the scenes and the memories of his childhood's days in the forest. From his will made in 1667 AD with...

...zealously to correct the defect. Under the auspices, then, of the king of whom Rochester wrongly said that " he never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one," Greenwich Observatory * That is, the difference between the time of noon, or of the coming to the south...

...zealously to correct the defect. Under the auspices, then, of the king of whom Rochester wrongly said that ' he never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one,' Greenwich Observatory was built, and in 1676 Flamsteed, who had been appointed Astronomical Observator,2...

...rise against their hated oppressors. 1. 3d August 1649. 2. It was afterwards said of Charles tiiat he never said a foolish thing, and never did a. wise one. 3. loth August 1649. 4. This phrase often meant "death with the sword to all found with arms in their...

...door of the king's bed-chamber : " Here rests our severely lord the king, Whose word no one relies 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...

...presence to rise against their hated oppressors. 1. 3d August 1649. i It was afterwards said of Charles that he never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one. 3. 15th August 1649. to all found with arms in their hands." j. The reduction of Ireland was completed...

...his hand, or more wise when he had." This reminds us of the epigrammatic jest about King James I., " that he never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one." * TALKATIVE LADIES. TN conversation with a very talkative lady, of whom he appeared to take little...

...King's easy indifference : — " Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whoso word no man relies on ; He never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." The sting of this terse satire lay, no doubt, in its truth. Charles, we are told, never forgave it....

...followers, a good intention never carried into execution by that Sovereign of whom Rochester said : — He never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. For King Charles after obtaining the names, took no further steps to create his Knights of the Royal...