...win the hearts, when he could no longer gain the esteem of mankind6. Rochester's epigrammatic jest, that " he never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one," forms a tolerable motto for his "picture in little." Dryden, however, did not scruple to laud him in...

...the hearts, when he could no longer gain the esteem of mankind. f Rochester's epigrammatic jest, ' that he never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one,' forms a tolerable motto for his picture in little." The following short letter addressed to ae;i:eat...

...monarch, it is impossible for us to regard with great severity. It has been remarked of this king, Died Feb. 6, 1686, aged 54. Hume. § 106. Another Character of CHARLES II. Charles II. was in his person...

...regard with great severity. " It has been remarked of Charles, that he never said a foolish thing nor did a wise one ; a censure which, though too far carried, seems to have some foundation in hi« character and deportment. When the king was informed of this saying, ho observed, ' that the matter...

...throne as Charles II., whose character is comprised in the lines of one of his profligate favourites," " He never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one." The great Plague in 1665, and the great Fire in 1666, distinguish this from preceding reigns in national...

...unfavourable reminiscences. Charles procured for himself no higher fame, than to have it recorded of him, that he never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one ; and James, after wielding in succession, the trident, and the sceptre of these realms, was driven...

...errors, and so much lenity in pardoning the offences committed against himself2." IT WAS frequently remarked of Charles, " that he never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one," a severe and unjust censure ; but when it was related to the merry monarch, he readily accounted for...

..." Pickwick " celebrity. Our Mr. Dickens is a man of whom it might justly be said, as of Charles I., that he never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one ; he is generally a taciturn, always mild, gentlemanly, inoffensive, and modest, as Goldsmith's Bashful...

...designs, he was seized with illness, languished a few days, and expired. — It is remarked of him, that " he never said a foolish thing nor ever did a wise one." He was affable and witty ; unprincipled and selfish ; a papist at heart, and dissolute in his habits....

...designs, he was seized with illness, languished a few days, and expired. — It is remarked of him, that " he never said a foolish thing nor ever did a wise one." He was affable and witty ; unprincipled and selfish ; a papist at heart, and dissolute in his habits....