 | Anne Manning - 1852 - 200 pages
...believe he doth as singularly favor me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, son Roper, 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." Henry's mind was now wholly occupied by his longcherished project of the... | |
 | 1852 - 638 pages
...doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, son Roper, I must tell thce, 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." Henry's mind was now wholly occupied by his long-cherished project of... | |
 | 1852 - 880 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 ehoulde not fail to fly olt" — Father is graver than he used to be. No wonder. He hath much on his... | |
 | Audin (M., Jean Marie Vincent) - 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... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1853 - 542 pages
...prophetic. " I find his Grace my very good lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this realm. However, son...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 intrepidity in the discharge... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1853 - 446 pages
...grace a very good lord indeed ; and I believe he doth as singularly favour me, as any subject in the realm. However, son Roper, I may tell thee I have...for, if my head would win him a castle in France, it would not fail to go." welfare. Henry, who had flattered himself that his chancellor's conscience would... | |
 | 1853 - 566 pages
...neck as they walked together in conversation, " Son Roper," replied the keensighted More, " if having my head would win him a castle in France, it should not fail to go." Sharon Turner finds a proof of Henry's magnanimity in the fact, that when Reginald Pole expostulated... | |
 | 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-... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1854 - 608 pages
...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 (and his wife formed an exception here), there are few indeed... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...grace my very good lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within the realm. However, son Roper, I may tell thee, I have...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, More was appointed,... | |
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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 then... 
