| 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
...Father," quoth she, " never better." " Never better, Megg ! " quoth he ; " alas, Megg, alas, it pitieth me to remember into what misery, poor soul, she shall shortly come." ' So much must suffice to depict in the faintest outline, and as if by a few strokes of a pencil, the... | |
| William Roper - Christian saints - 1822 - 262 pages
...Father," quoth she, " never better." " Never better, Megg !" quoth he, " alas ! Megg, alas ! it pitieth me to remember into what misery, poor soul, she shall shortly come. After this Master Lieutenant, coming into his .chamber to visit him, rehearsed the benefits and friendship... | |
| Statesmen - 1831 - 388 pages
...father," said she, " never better." — " Never better, Megg ! " quoth he ; " alas ! Megg, it pitieth me to remember into what misery, poor soul, she shall shortly come." J Various attempts continued still to be made to cajole him ; partly, perhaps, with the hope that his... | |
| Great Britain - 1831 - 496 pages
...father,' said she, ' never better.' — ' Never better, Megg !' quoth he ; ' alas ! Megg, it pitieth me to remember into what misery, poor soul, she shall shortly come.' " Sir James's summary of his hero's character is at once beautiful and just. " Of all men nearly perfect,... | |
| English literature - 1835 - 432 pages
...father," said she, " never better." — " Never better, Megg !" quoth he ; " alas ! Megg, it pitieth me to remember into what misery, poor soul, she shall shortly come." * Various attempts continued still to be made to cajole him ; partly, perhaps, with the hope that his... | |
| 1835 - 430 pages
...Cither," said she, " never better." — " Never better, Megg !" quoth he ; " alas ! Megg, it pitieth me to remember into what misery, poor soul, she shall shortly come."* Various attempts continued still to be made to cajole him ; partly, perhaps, with the hope that his... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 248 pages
...new queen was. " Never better," she replied. " Never better, Meg ! " said More, " Alas ! it pitieth me to remember into what misery, poor soul, she shall shortly come." The prediction was fulfilled — and in a manner of which she seems to have little thought, when she... | |
| Authors - 1845 - 762 pages
...said unto me, it is better to abroad at your liberty, if you would but do as the bishops have done V" She tried to tempt him into weakness and submission...supreme head of the church. More replied, " I am the king's true and faithful subject and daily beadsman. I pray for his highness, and all his, and all... | |
| Great Britain - 1845 - 538 pages
...the fate that awaited the fair cause of all his misfortunes. On one occasion he asked Margaret Boper how it fared with Queen Anne ? " In faith, father,"...supreme head of the church. More replied, " I am the king's true and faithful subject and daily beadsman. I pray for his highness, and all his, and all... | |
| Sir James Mackintosh - Canada - 1846 - 618 pages
...father," said she, "never better." — "Never better, Megg!'1 quoth he ; " alas ! Megg. it pitieth me to remember into what misery, poor soul, she shall shortly come." Various attempts continued still to be made to cajole him ; partly, perhaps, with the hope that his... | |
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