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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... "
Historical Memoirs of the English, Irish, and Scottish Catholics: Since the ... - Page 172
by Charles Butler - 1822
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 538 pages
...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...would win him a castle in France, it should not fail lo £o."* This authentic anecdote shows, in a very striking manner, how More had early penetrated the...
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The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh ...

Sir James Mackintosh - 1851 - 854 pages
...singularly favour me as any other subject within this realm : howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thce, I have no cause to be proud thereof; for if my head would win him a castle in France, when there was war between us, it should not fail to go.' " An edition of Utopia had been printed incorrectly,...
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The Anglo-American Magazine, Volume 1

1852 - 638 pages
...believe te doth as singularly favour 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 oft'." Henry's mind was now wholly occupied by his long-cherished project of...
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The Household of Sir Thomas More

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...
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The Anglo-American Magazine, Volume 1

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...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 3

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...
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The Life of Henry the Eighth: And History of the Schism of England

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...
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The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Poets, Philosophers ..., Volume 1

Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1853 - 542 pages
...indeed, and I 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...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...
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The Dawning of Genius: Exemplified and Exhibited in the Early Lives of ...

Theodore Alois Buckley - 1853 - 446 pages
...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 no cause to be proud...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...
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North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal

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...
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