 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1816 - 924 pages
...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...Thomas usually attended Divine service at Chelsea church.t and very often assisted at the celebration of mass. The Duke of Norfolk coming one day to... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1810 - 514 pages
...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 off." ' Whilst this king's unlucky divorce was so hotly pursued, Sir Thomas was one day walking with his... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 570 pages
...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, soon after, shewed great intrepidity... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 564 pages
...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, soon after, shewed great intrepidity... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 572 pages
...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, soon after, shewed great intrepidity... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1816 - 944 pages
...that account ; for if my head vvoukl win him a castle in Fiance, it should not fail to go • ff."* Sir Thomas usually attended Divine service at Chelsea...assisted at the celebration of mass. The Duke of Norfolk coining one day to dine with him, during his chancellorship, found him in church, with a surplice on,... | |
 | Charles Butler - Catholics - 1819 - 476 pages
...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, it should not " fail to go." More foresaw the Reformation, and its effects. Mr. Roper once observed to him the flourishing state... | |
 | Charles Butler - Church and state - 1822 - 540 pages
...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, it should not " fail to go." More foresaw the reformation and its effects. Mr. Roper once observed to him the flourishing state... | |
 | 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
...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,' in Bishop Stubbs's... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1824 - 546 pages
...any subject within this realm. Howbeit, son Roper, I have no cause to be proud of it; for if my head would win him a castle in France, it should not fail to fly from my shoulders, as fast now as it seemeth to stick." Perceiving now in what direction the current... | |
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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, it should... 
