 | Charles McLean Andrews - 1912 - 514 pages
...his deathbed to the lieutenant of the Tower, " if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." 203. The Rise and Policy of Thomas Cromwell. — Henry had failed thus far in his dealings with Rome,... | |
 | Alice Minerva Atkinson - 1912 - 452 pages
...own ruin, Wolsey die/i. His last words were, " If I had served God as diligently as I hive served 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... | |
 | 1867 - 1202 pages
...also aspired to the pontificate, is described as saying, " Had I but served my God as diligently as I served my king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs. But this ii the just reward of my pains and study, not regarding my service to God, but... | |
 | Allen Clapp Thomas - 1913 - 676 pages
...said to the officer who had him in charge, " 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 my due reward for my pains and my study, not regarding my service to God but only my duty... | |
 | Sir John Macdonell, Edward Manson - 1914 - 684 pages
...Henry VIII., Act iii., Scene 2. Wolsey's actual words are said to have been, " 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. But this is the just reward that I must receive for my diligent pains and study, not regarding... | |
 | William Stearns Davis, Norman Shaw McKendrick - 1914 - 652 pages
...(1530). His deathbed words have become famous: " If I had served my God as diligently as I have done my king, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." Manifestly Henry could not get his divorce from Rome. He now hearkened to councilors who told him he... | |
 | 1914 - 620 pages
...these ever memorable and affecting words : " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." v Such was the sad end of the once great and all-powerful Cardinal Wolsey — a striking illustration... | |
 | Granville Forbes Sturgis - 1914 - 268 pages
...dying man who, like Cardinal Wolsey, exclaims, "Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." Then Tintagiles, with the wisdom of the child who reflects all the wisdom of the ages, points to the... | |
 | Robert Fleming Sample - 1889 - 476 pages
...glory of this world faded from sight exclaiming in ever-memorable words, " Had I but served my God as I have served my king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." Unhappy Wolsey ! Many since his day, as before it, have found it a vain thing to put confidence in... | |
 | Henry William Elson - 1921 - 874 pages
...final words of the fallen minister were, " If I had served my God as diligently as I have done the king, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." 296. The Break with Rome. — On the fall of \Yolsey two equally prominent figures come to the foreground... | |
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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. 
