 | Anne Manning - Christian saints - 1852 - 200 pages
...me as any subject within this realm. Howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee between ourselves, I feel no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head would win him a castle in France, it shoulde not fail to fly off. — Father is graver than he used to be. No wonder. He hath much on his... | |
 | Audin (M., Jean Marie Vincent) - Great Britain - 1852 - 478 pages
...always used to do." " Your mother is right," said More, " don't you perceive that her nose is out of (b) For if my head would win him a castle in France, it would not fail to go. — Roper. (c) Rymer, Fredera. (d) My lord is gone. (e) Was wollt ihr nun thun ? Wullt ihr cuch hinsetzen... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - Biography - 1853 - 446 pages
...and I believe he doth as singularly favour me, as any subject in the realm. However, son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof; for,...him a castle in France, it would not fail to go." welfare. Henry, who had flattered himself that his chancellor's conscience would gradually become more... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - Biography - 1853 - 542 pages
...believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within 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 should not fail to go." In 1523 he was chosen Speaker of the House of Commons, and displayed great... | |
 | Great Britain - 1854 - 226 pages
...the chancellor's neck, and gave his father joy on the favour he was in. " Son Roper," he replied, " I have no cause to be proud thereof ; for if my head would win him a castle in France, it would go." It was now resolved to suppress the monasteries; and Cromwell, with the title of Vicar- General,... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - England - 1854 - 608 pages
...believe, he doth as singularly love me as any subject within the realm ; however, son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head should win him a castle in France, it should not fail to go off. ' With the exception of his own family... | |
 | Great Britain - 1855 - 374 pages
...subject. More acknowledged that his sovereign highly favored him ; " but however, son Roper," added he, '' 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!'1 And ere long, the time approached when the fortitude and principles of More were to... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within the 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 should not fail to go." The time came when the truth of these words was proved. On the fall of Wolsey,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 586 pages
...believe, he doth as singularly love me as any subject within the realm ; however, son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head should win him a castle in France, it should not fail to go off." With the exception of his own family,... | |
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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... 
