 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1826 - 644 pages
...in violation of bis duty and of his oath; became one of the -castle-builders of that turbulent aud miserable reign, and received the righteous reward...' I would give him half England if he asked for it : (ill the time be ripe, he shall tire of asking before I tire of giving.' When the time was ripe,... | |
 | Charles Macfarlane - 1845 - 518 pages
...squeezed. He is reported to have said more than once to his familiar companions, — " By God's birth, I would give him half England if he asked for it :...time be ripe, he shall tire of asking before I tire of giving." Roger was one of the castle-builders of that turbulent period, being, as he thought, licensed... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1845 - 606 pages
...' By God's Birth ' he swore (his favourite oath), when Roger of Sarum preferred some new request, ' I would give him • half England if he asked for...time be ripe, he shall ' tire of asking before I tire of giving: ' but it too often happens, in cases of this kind, that the ripeness and the rottenness... | |
 | 1845 - 616 pages
...' By God's Birth,' he swore (his favourite oath), when Roger of Sarum preferred some new request, ' I would give him ' half England if he asked for it : till the time be ripe, he stall ' tire of asking before I tire of giving : ' but it too often happens, in cases of this kind,... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1845 - 634 pages
...he swore (his favourite oath), when Roger of Sarum preferred some new request, ' I would give him 4 half England if he asked for it : till the time be ripe, he shall 4 tire of asking before I tire of giving: ' but it too often happens, in cases of this kind, that the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 900 pages
...squeezed. Ho is reported to have said more than once to his familiar companions, — " By God's birth, I would give him half England if he asked for it : till the time bo ripe, he shall tire of asking before I tire of giving." Roger was one of the castle-builders uf... | |
 | William (of Malmesbury) - 1847 - 582 pages
...himself the town of Malmesbury ; the king repeating often to his companions, " By the birth of God, I would give him half England, if he asked for it: till the time be ripe, he shall tire of asking, ere I tire of giving." But fortune, who, in former times, had flattered him so long and so transcendently,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 556 pages
...undiminished, the King repeated often to his companions, ' By the birth of God, I would give him half Englanti, if he asked for it. Till the time be ripe, he shall tire of asking before I tire of giving.' But Fortune, who in former times had flattered him so long and so transcendently, at last... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1848 - 702 pages
...reign his power was undiminished, the King repeating often to his companions, ' By the birth of God, I would give him half England, if he asked for it....time be ripe, he shall tire of asking before I tire of giving.' But Fortune, who in former times had flattered him so long and so transcendently, at last... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1851 - 512 pages
...squeezed. He is reported to have said more than once to his familiar companions, — " By God's birth, I would give him half England if he asked for it :...time be ripe, he shall tire of asking before I tire of giving." Roger was one of the castle-builders of that turbulent period, being, as he thought, licensed... | |
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I would give him half England, if he asked for it : till the time be ripe he shall tire of asking ere I tire of giving. 
