 | Music - 1834
...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,... | |
 | Literary Criticism - 1835
...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 - 1832
...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, Edward Blore, John Le Keux, William Marchant - Architecture - 1836
...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 - 1836
...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
...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
...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 - Religion - 1836 - 318 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... | |
 | Mary Saunders - 1836
...his death. Shortly before he expired he said, " Had I but served God at diiigсutiy at 1 have tened the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairt." » Abridged from Reel' Encyclopedia. SIR HUGH; OR THE JEW'S DAUGHTKR. The bonnie boys о merry... | |
 | Thomas Bayley Fox - 1836 - 259 pages
...of an inordinate ambition; "Had I," said he, " but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs." After the adjournment of the legatine court Henry, although still determined to effect his purpose,... | |
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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. 
