EOEarl Of Rochester

6 collected words

Earl Of Rochester

Life dates: 1647 AD — 1680 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1663 AD

Angels listen when she speaks: She 's my delight, all mankind's wonder; But my jealous heart would break Should we live one day asunder.

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02c. 1663 AD

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.

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03c. 1663 AD

And ever since the Conquest have been fools.

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04c. 1663 AD

For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best good man with the worst-natured muse.

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05c. 1663 AD

A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.

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06c. 1663 AD

It is a very good world to live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in; But to beg or to borrow, or to get a man's own, It is the very worst world that ever was known.

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