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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical ... - Page 366
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Thomas More: Lord High Chancellor of England, in ...

Ferdinando Warner - Christian martyrs - 1758 - 418 pages
...to him of this ill Treatment with great Vehemence ; and reproaching him for his Ingratitude, faid, " Would " to GOD you had been at Rome Mr. MORE " when I made you Speaker". To this Sir THOMAS replied, " YourGrace not offended, " fo would I too, my Lord" : And then to divert...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 1

History - 1764 - 524 pages
...him of this ill treatment with great vehemence ; and reproaching him for his ingratitude, lai.i. ' Would to God you had ' been at Rome, Mr. More, when ' I maJe you Ipeaker.' To this 5¡r Thomas replied, ' Your grace ' not offended, fo would I too, • my...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1795 - 532 pages
...complained to him of . this ill treatment with great vehemence ; and reproaching him for his ingratitude, said, ' Would to God you had ' been at Rome, Mr. More, when ' I made you speaker.' To this Sir Thomas replied, ' Your grace ' not offended, so would I too, * my lord.' And then to divert...
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius: Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 568 pages
...minister. The cardinal was so exasperated that he said to Sir Thomas, in the gallery at Whitehall, " would to God you had been at Rome, Mr. More, when I made you speaker." To which he replied, " Your eminence not offended, so would I too, for then I should have have seen the place...
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Liber facetiarum, being a collection of curious and interesting anecdotes

Liber - Anecdotes - 1809 - 372 pages
...cardinal happening to meet with him, complained loudly of his behaviour, and at length exclaimed, " Would to God you had been at Rome, Mr More, when I made you speaker." " Your grace not offended," replied the other, " so would I too ; for then I should have seen an antient...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 564 pages
...in arm. " I thank our lord," answered sir Thomas, " I find his grace my very good lord indeed, and I believe be doth as singularly favour me as any subject...which has been attributed to the cardinal's being jealous of More's favour with the king. More, however, does not appear to have been afraid of him,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 22

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 572 pages
...the cardinal afterwards, in the gallery at Whitehall, complained of to him, and said, " Would to -Qod you had been at Rome, Mr. More, when I made you speaker."...which has been attributed to the cardinal's being jealous of More's favour with the king. More, however, does not appear to have been afraid of him,...
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Lives of British Statesmen, Volume 1

John Macdiarmid - 1820 - 412 pages
...p. 28$. happening to meet with him, complained loudly of his behaviour, and at length exclaimed, " Would to God you had been at Rome, Mr More, when I made you speaker." " Your Grace not offended," replied the other, " so would I too ; for then I should have seen an ancient...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 92

English essays - 1822 - 714 pages
...the Cardinal happening to meet with him, complained loudly of his behaviour, and at length exclaimed, would to God you had been at Rome, Mr. More, when I made you Speaker. Your Grace not offended, replied More, so would I too ; for then I should have seen an antient and...
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English stories

Maria Hack - Great Britain - 1825 - 490 pages
...cardinal had an interview with More, in which, after loudly complaining of his behaviour, he exclaimed, " Would to God you had been at Rome, Mr. More, when I made you speaker!" " Your Grace not offended," replied he, " so would I too ; for then I should have seen an ancient and...
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