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Page vii
... what the Bishopp had 35 sayd unto him , desiringe to have his advise therein , who for the passion of God pray'd him in no wise to follow his counsell , " for my Lord my Master ( quoth he ) SIR THOMAS MORE . vii at foot.
... what the Bishopp had 35 sayd unto him , desiringe to have his advise therein , who for the passion of God pray'd him in no wise to follow his counsell , " for my Lord my Master ( quoth he ) SIR THOMAS MORE . vii at foot.
Page xiii
... sayd unto them : " Masters , ye have many wise and learned men amonge you , and seeth I ame from the King's owne person sent hither unto you for the preservation of 15 your selves and all the Realme , I thinke it meete you give me a ...
... sayd unto them : " Masters , ye have many wise and learned men amonge you , and seeth I ame from the King's owne person sent hither unto you for the preservation of 15 your selves and all the Realme , I thinke it meete you give me a ...
Page xiv
... sayd , to serve his Grace therein . Which when the King had broken to Sir Thomas Moore , and that he had declared unto his Grace , how unfitt a Jorney it was for him , the nature of the Countrie and disposition of his complection so ...
... sayd , to serve his Grace therein . Which when the King had broken to Sir Thomas Moore , and that he had declared unto his Grace , how unfitt a Jorney it was for him , the nature of the Countrie and disposition of his complection so ...
Page xvi
... sayd to me , " Now would to God , Sonne Roper , upon condition three things were well established in Christendome , I were put in a sacke , and here 25 presently cast into the Thames . " " What great thinges be these , Sir , " quoth I ...
... sayd to me , " Now would to God , Sonne Roper , upon condition three things were well established in Christendome , I were put in a sacke , and here 25 presently cast into the Thames . " " What great thinges be these , Sir , " quoth I ...
Page xix
... sayd he would never have medled with worldly matters after . Now 15 while Sir Thomas Moore was Chauncelor of the Duchie , the See of Rome chaunced to be voyd , which was cause of much trouble . For Cardinall Woulsie , a man very ...
... sayd he would never have medled with worldly matters after . Now 15 while Sir Thomas Moore was Chauncelor of the Duchie , the See of Rome chaunced to be voyd , which was cause of much trouble . For Cardinall Woulsie , a man very ...
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Amaurote anye awaye beinge beleve beynge bicause Bishopp Book Cardinall cause certein chaunce citie commeth comminge common wealth counsell countrey Cuthbert Tunstall daunger daye death dede divers doth evel everye farre favour frendes furth geve geven Grace hable hath Henry VII Highnes honour kepe King King's knowen kynge labour land Latin lawes learninge litle Lord Chauncellor lyfe maner manye matter maye moneye mooste More's mynde myne never nothinge onelye onlye Parliament perceave Peter Giles Plato pleasaunt pleasure praye prince punished quod quoth Raphael Realme receave religion Robynson sayd saye selfe sense Shaks shal shewed Sir Tho Sir Thomas Moore sonne St John's College stoore themselfes thereof therfore theves theyr thinges thinke thou thynge tyme unto Utopia vertue verye warre waye wayges weale publique wherin whome whyche wise witte woorke wyfe wyll
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Page 190 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 232 - ... is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king...
Page lii - More have I not to say (my Lords) but like as the blessed Apostle St Paul, as we read in the Acts of the Apostles, was present, and consented to the death of St Stephen, and kept their clothes that stoned him to death, and yet be they now both twain holy saints in heaven, and shall continue there friends...
Page 162 - I can perceive nothing but a certain conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of the commonwealth. They invent and devise all means and crafts, first how to keep safely without fear of losing that they have unjustly gathered together, and next how to hire and abuse the work and labour of the poor for as little money as may be.
Page 34 - ... they sell them agayne excedynge deare. And therefore (as I suppose) the whole incommoditie hereof is not yet felte. For yet they make dearth onely in those places where they sell. But when they shall fetche them...
Page xlv - I should much joy either of my gay house or of anything belonging thereunto; when if I should but seven years lie buried under the ground, and then arise and come thither again, I should not fail to find some therein, that would bid me get me out of doors; and tell me it were none of mine. What cause have I then to like such an house, as would so soon forget his master?
Page 178 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was...
Page 261 - THE PITT PRESS SERIES. *»* Many of the books in this list can be had in two volumes, Text and Notes separately. I. GREEK. Aristophanes. Aves— Plutus— Kanse.