 | Statesmen - 1831 - 388 pages
...master Kingston,' quoth he, ' I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God at diligently * as I have done the king, he would not...have given me over in my grey hairs. Howbeit, this is the just reward that I must receive for my worldly diligence and pains that I have had to do him service... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1831 - 406 pages
...1530. Rymer, xlv. -o, his bowels, under which he laboured, mortal. His dying words were, " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs. This is the just reward that I must receive for the pains I have taken to do him service, not regarding... | |
 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 pages
...the bed of death ; hearken to his dying declaration — " Had I served God as diligently as I served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs, but this is the just reward I must receive for my indulgent pains and study, not regarding my service... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1831 - 542 pages
...him a little before he expired, to this effect: " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs. But this is the just jreward I must receive for my indulgent pains and study ; not regarding my service... | |
 | 1831 - 548 pages
...affection and service which are due to God. " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, HE would not have given me over in my grey hairs." Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not: for where thou... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 pages
...I tarry but the will and pleasure of God, to render my simple soul unto his divine hands. If I had served God as diligently as I have done the King,...have given me over in my grey hairs. Howbeit, this is the just reward that I must receive for my worldly diligence and pains that I have had to do him service... | |
 | John Genest - Theater - 1832 - 716 pages
...discourse, as he lay on his deathbed, that he said the words which have been so often quoted " if I had served God, as diligently as I " have done the king,...would not have given me " over in my grey hairs— but this is the just reward I " must receive, for my diligent pains and study, that " I have had to... | |
 | Henry Walter - Great Britain - 1832 - 642 pages
...here. And in his dying hour, he said to Kingston, " If I had served GOD as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs. But this is my just reward, that I must receive for my pains and study to do the king service ; not... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...Well, well, Master Kingston," said he, " I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." This remarkable and heartfelt reference to an existence spent upon the slippery ground of courts, in... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...Well, well, Master Kingston," said he, " I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." This remarkable and heartfelt reference to an existence spent upon the slippery ground of courts, m... | |
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Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs. 
