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" I wish to God you had been at Rome, Mr. More, when I made you speaker." — " Your grace not offended, so would I too, my lord... "
The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Page 142
1833
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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
...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...
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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 ..., Volume 22

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 570 pages
...behaviour, the cardinal afterwards, in the gallery at Whitehall, complained of to him, and said, " Would to God you had been at Rome, Mr. More, when I made you speaker." To which, sir Thomas answered, " Your grace not offended, so would I too." There was at this time no...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 564 pages
...behaviour, the cardinal afterwards, in the gallery at Whitehall, complained of to him, and said, " Would to God you had been at Rome, Mr. More, when I made you speaker." To which sir Thomas answered, " Your grace not offended, so would I too." There was at this time no...
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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." • To which sir Thomas answered, " Your grace not offended, so would -I too." There was at this time...
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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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