 | Edward Maynard - 1724 - 416 pages
...Fatal Miftake with a broken Heart, Had I but ferv'd my Godt ( fays he,) as diligently as 1 have ferved my King, he would not have given me over in my Gray Hairs. But this is my juft Reward that I mtift receive, for my not regarding my Service to God, but only to... | |
 | William Russell - 1802 - 512 pages
...bed, whence he never rose more. " O had I but served my God," cried he, a little before he expired, " as diligently as I have served my king, he would " not have deserted me in my grey hairs8." His treason, indeed, seems rather to have been against the people than... | |
 | 1902 - 642 pages
...laid low, and the thought already in his mind to which he later gave utterance : '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; ' of Henry VIII. entering upon possession of the palace he had robbed from the Church... | |
 | Robert Henry - 1806 - 550 pages
...Kingfton, among other things, he faid, " Had I but ferved God as diligently as I have " ferved the king, he would not have given me " over in my gray hairs. But this is the juft re" ward that I muft receive for my diligent pains " and ftudy, not regarding... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 332 pages
...his w-ill and appetite, but could notprevail. Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king,- he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. But this is the just reward that Imust receive for my indulgent pains and study; not regarding my servicesto... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 514 pages
...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 gray " hairs. But this is the just reward that I must receive " for my indulgent pains and study, not regarding my... | |
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer - 1812 - 218 pages
...occasioned by anxiety and fatigue, leaving bebind him this admonitory expression — " If I had served my God as diligently as I have served my king, he would not have given me over to my enemies." He was buried in the abbey church of Leicester, though the exact spot is now unknown.... | |
 | Ancient relics - 1812 - 214 pages
...occasioned by anxiety and fatigue, leaving behind him this admonitory expression — " If I had served my God as diligently as I have served my king, he would not have given me over to my enemies." He was buried in the abbey church of Leicester, though the exact spot is now unknown.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...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 gray hairs. But this is the just reward that I must receive for my indulgent pains and study, not regarding my... | |
 | John Adams - 1813 - 324 pages
...bed, whence he never rose more. " Had I but served my God," cried he, a little before he expired, " as diligently as I have served my king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." » His treason, indeed, seems rather to have been against the people than the prince, or even the state.... | |
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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 gray hairs. 
