 | Jeanie Watson, Philip McM. Pittman - English literature - 1989 - 308 pages
...Roper portrays himself as much impressed by such signs of grace and favor. But More responded, "I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head could win him a castle in France (for then was there war between us) it should not fail to go."24 This... | |
 | Benjamin Evans - Religion - 2001 - 308 pages
...a significant view of the irritable temper of the monarch :—" Howbeit, son Roper, I may tell them I have no cause to be proud thereof ; for if my head would win him (Henry) a castle in France, it should not fail to go."—Butler's Memoirs of English Catholics, vol.... | |
 | Oxford Univ Pr - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 388 pages
...enjoyed More's company, but More was not deceived by the king's favour. He once said, 'If my head could win him a castle in France, it would not fail to go.' More was also a successful lawyer and scholar, and wrote a popular book called Utopia about an imaginary... | |
 | Charles Patrick Connor - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 236 pages
...no illusions about it all, especially Henry VIII, and he confided to his son-in-law William Roper, "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."< One of the more curious notes of history is that Henry VIII had been named... | |
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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... 
