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" 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. "
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 174
edited by - 1846
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

English literature - 1839 - 608 pages
...as addressed to Mr. Kingston, the captain of the guard, who attended upon him after his arrest : " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs."* It is difficult to account for this arrest on a charge of high treason, precisely at...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...the matter maketh you much worse than you should be against me ; how it is framed I knowe not. But if I had served God, as diligently as I have done...the king, he would not have given me over in my grey haires. But this is the just rewarde that I must receive, for my diligent pains and study, that I have...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...the matter maketh you much worse than you should be against me ; how it is framed I knowe not. But if I had served God, as diligently as I have done...the king, he would not have given me over in my grey haires. But this is the just rewarde that I must receive, for my diligent pains and study, that I have...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 3

1823 - 584 pages
...see the matter maketh you much worse than ye should be against me ; how it is framed I knowe not. But if I had served God, as diligently as I have done...the king, he would not have given me over in my grey haires. But this is the just rewarde that I must receive, for tny diligent pains and study, that I...
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The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1823 - 504 pages
...from his will and appetite; but could not prevail. 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 indulgent pains and study, not regarding my...
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The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...a direct charge of ingratitude against the king : it was copied almost literally from Holinshed. " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the...he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." The death of the great child of honour is narrated, not exhibited, in the drama. * Shakspeare gives...
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The Life of Cardinal Wolsey: And Metrical Visions from the ..., Volume 1

George Cavendish - Great Britain - 1825 - 398 pages
...be." " 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 6. Howbeit this is the just reward that I must receive for my worldly diligence and pains that I have...
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English stories

Maria Hack - Great Britain - 1825 - 490 pages
...last, informs us, that a little before the cardinal expired, he said to one standing beside him: " 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 not regarding my service to God, but...
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The Works of Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Steevens, and Reed

William Shakespeare - Actors - 1825 - 1010 pages
...not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies," is copied almost literally from tbe Chronicle. all upon the king. 1 (,'.,('. gray hairs.*' Tbe opposite characters of him given by queen Katharine and Griflith are both derived...
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A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans, Volume 6

John Lingard - Great Britain - 1825 - 528 pages
...and could not prevail. And, master " Kyngston, 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 " my just reward for my pains and study, not " regarding my service to God, but only my...
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