 | Charles Dickens - 1854 - 318 pages
...he never rose again. His last words were, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, He would not have given me over, in my gray hairs. Howbeit, this is my just reward for my pains and diligence, not regarding my service to God, but only... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1855 - 628 pages
...moments he is said to have exclaimed, in the bitterness of humiliation and remorse, " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs."» a. The following soliloquy Is put by Shakspeare Into the mouth of the bnmbled favorite va the occasion... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...past life, he addressed those who stood around his bed, and said, " If I had served my God but half as diligently as I have served my king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." These were some of the last words of Cardinal Wolsey ; — what a lesson of instruction... | |
 | Maria Elizabeth Budden - 1855 - 474 pages
...humbled, at Leicester Abbey ; bequeathing to posterity these memorable words : " Had I served my God half as diligently as I have served my king, he would not have forsaken my grey hairs." Henry made a rather better figure abroad than he did at home. His meeting... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1856 - 278 pages
...the base ingratitude of his royal master: "Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs ; but I receive a just reward for my indulgent labor and care, not regarding my service to God, but... | |
 | J J. Farnham - 1856 - 82 pages
...addressed sir William Kingston as follows. " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." Before Wolsey's death, Henry had married Anne Boleyn. While the pope was putting the matter off from... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 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. Rut this is the just reward that I must receive for my indulgent pains and study, not regarding my... | |
 | George Punchard - 1856 - 538 pages
...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 gray hairs. Howbeit this is the just reward that I must receive for my worldly diligence and pains that I have... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1857 - 572 pages
...persuade him from his will and appetite, but could not prevail. And, Master Kingston, 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... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1857 - 568 pages
...persuade him from his will and appetite, but could not prevail. And, Master Kingston, 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... | |
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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. 
