 I find his Grace my very good Lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee, I have no cause to be proud thereof ; for if my head would win him a castle in France (for...  A Sketch of the Reformation - Page 182by Thomas Bayley Fox - 1836 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1816 - 946 pages
...indeed; and I believe he doth as singularly love me as any subject within this realm. However, son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud on that account ; for if my head would win him a castle in France, it should not fail to go off."*... | |
 | Charles Butler - Catholics - 1819 - 476 pages
...indeed. I believe he doth as " singularly favour me as any subject within this " realm. ^Howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee, I " have no cause to be proud...for, if my head " would win him a castle in France, it should not " fail to go." More foresaw the Reformation, and its effects. Mr. Roper once observed... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1896 - 616 pages
...congratulated him upon the signal favour thus shown him by his Sovereign. To whom he replied, ' Son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud...thereof, for if my head would win him a castle in France, it should not fail to go.' More had rightly estimated the ruthless egotism — 'selfwill and self-worship,'... | |
 | Charles Butler - Church and state - 1822 - 540 pages
...indeed. I believe he doth as " singularly favour me as any subject within this " realm. Howbeit,son Roper, I may tell thee, I have " no cause to be proud...for, if my head " would win him a castle in France, it should not " fail to go." More foresaw the reformation and its effects. Mr. Roper once observed... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1822 - 722 pages
...Lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject in this realm. However, son Roper, I may tell thee, I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head could coin him a castle in France, it would not fail to be struck off. — Roper, 13. While SirThomas... | |
 | William Roper - Christian saints - 1822 - 262 pages
...singularly favour me as any subject within this realm : howbcit, son Roper, I may tell thee, I haye no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us) it should not fail to go." This Sir Thomas More, among all other... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 880 pages
...indeed, and bilieve he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this realm : howbeit, I must tell thee, I have no cause to be proud thereof; for if my head would wiu him a castle in France, it would not fail to go off." From this anecdote it appears, that Sir Thomas... | |
 | Maria Hack - Great Britain - 1825 - 490 pages
...lord indeed; and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject in this realm. However, son Roper, I may tell thee, I have no cause to be proud...thereof; for if my head would win him a castle in France, it would not fail to be struck off*." As wealth and power were the great objects of Wolsey's pursuit,... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 624 pages
...observed how happy he was to be so familiarly treated by the king ; to which Sir Thomas replied, " I must tell thee, I have no cause to be proud thereof; for if my head would win him a castle in France, it would not fail to go off." In 1526, he was sent with Cardinal Wolsey and others, on a joint embassy... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 632 pages
...observed how happy he was to be so familiarly treated by the king ; to which Sir Thomas replied, " I must tell thee, I have no cause to be proud thereof; for if my head would win him a castle in France, it would not fail to go off." In 1526, he was sent with Cardinal Wolsey and others, on a joint embassy... | |
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