 | 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, in... | |
 | Christian life - 1833 - 152 pages
...ungratefully treated; and some of his last words were, " 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 reward that I must receive for all my pains and study, not regarding my service... | |
 | 1834 - 444 pages
...that affection and service which are due to God. " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, he would not have given me over, in my grey hairs." "It is incomparably better," says St. Augustine, "to shut the door of our heart against even just anger,... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 432 pages
...quoth he, 'I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God as dttigcuf'i* ss 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 formy worldly diligence and pains that I have had to do him service... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1835 - 352 pages
...Sir William Kingston : — ' Master Kingston, 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 reward that I must receive for ' my diligent pains and study, not regarding... | |
 | John Britton - Cathedrals - 1836 - 442 pages
...November, 1530; and he was there buried. His last words are reputed to have been these : — " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the King, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs ; but this is the just reward that I must receive for the pains and study that I have had... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - Great Britain - 1836 - 484 pages
...Christian morality. His last words may be cited as eminently characteristic of the man. " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. This is the just reward that I must receive for the pains I have taken to do him service,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 248 pages
...well, Master Kingston,' quoth he, ' I see the matter against me how it is fram • ed ; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in mg greg hairs. Howbeit, this is the just reward that I must receive for my worldly diligence and pains... | |
 | 1836 - 712 pages
...English history. He said, a little before he expired, ' had I 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 reward that I mast receive for my indulgent pains and etudy, not regarding my... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Avarice - 1836 - 328 pages
...declared with anguish, in the midst of his disgrace " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." In like manner, many a one at the hour of dissolution will have to exclaim, " If I had been as anxious... | |
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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. 
