 | Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1845 - 556 pages
...to persuade him from his appetite, and could not prevail. And, Master Kingston, this I will say — had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." The cardinal expired as the clock was striking eight, on the morning of the 29th of November,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 538 pages
...persuade him from his appetite, and could not prevail. And, Master Kingston, this I will say — Had 1 but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs, IIowbeit, this is my just reward for my pains and diligence, not regarding my service,... | |
 | Authors - 1845 - 370 pages
...persuade him from his appetite, and could not prevail. And, Master Kingston, this I will say — Had 1 but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs. Howbeit, this is my just reward for my pains and diligence, not regarding my service to... | |
 | 1851 - 650 pages
...London in the custody of the king's officers, he expired, exclaiming just before his death, "Had I hut 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 I must receive for my indulgent pains and study, not regarding... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1846 - 482 pages
...him, at once to guard and attend him, he spoke to him alittle before he expired to this effect : " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served...over in my gray hairs. But this is the just reward 1 must receive for my indulgent pains and study ; not regarding my service to God, but only to my prince."... | |
 | Frank Fairplay - 1846 - 96 pages
...been disputed. Well might Wolsey exclaim in bitterness of heart, when his own hour of trial came — " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." 40 Queen Catharine had but once appeared, and then under protest, before the court appointed... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1846 - 478 pages
...to bestow upon the world, or any thing on it, 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." 5. To those, who would win men to religion by fire and faggot, may be applied the remark... | |
 | Presidents - 1846 - 430 pages
...shelter amidst the ruins of Carthage. Woolsey was left to die, lamenting : — " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." But Jackson's latter end was different from all this. He had served his country and he... | |
 | Royal Robbins - History - 1846 - 726 pages
...broken heart soon afterwards, uttering in the anguish of his soul, the never to be forgotten words, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have forsaken me in my gray hairs." Anne Boleyn, in less than three years, was condemned and beheaded. After... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1847 - 556 pages
...God, to render my simple soul into his divine hands. If I had served God as diligently as I have done the King, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. Howbeit, this is the just reward that I must receive for my worldly diligence and pains that I have... | |
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Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs. 
