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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. "
Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature ... - Page 237
edited by - 1833
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Stories and Legends of Travel and History: For Children

Grace Greenwood - 1857 - 316 pages
...afterwards proved ; for, when dying in disgrace, he exclaimed, " If I had served my God half as faithfully as I have served my king, He would not have given me over to my enemies in my old age." We went up the grand staircase, to the guardchamber, and from thence...
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Alice Sherwin, by C.J.M.

C J. M - 1857 - 414 pages
...see how the matter is framed against me ; 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...
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The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 2

Thomas Dick - 1857 - 878 pages
...with anguish, in the midst of his disgrace, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." In like manner, many a one at the hour of dissolution will have to exclaim, "If I had been as anxious...
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The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society ..., Volume 2

Charles Knight - 1857 - 560 pages
...these more memorable words to Master Kingston : " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." He died on the 29th of November, aged 59. Cavendish, after the funeral, repaired to London ; and was...
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Hume and Smollet's Celebrated History of England from Its First Settlement ...

David Hume - 1858 - 566 pages
...used the following words to sir William Kingston, constable of the tower, who had him in custody : " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served...he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." Thus died this famous cardinal, whose character seems to have contained as singular a variety as the...
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O'Brennan's Antiquities, Volume 2

Martin A. O'Brennan - 1858 - 464 pages
...abject poverty and distress. He is represented by the poet as having said to Cromwell, at his death, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served my king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." Such has been, and ever will be the wretched end of every man CHARACTER OF CROMWELL. 241...
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The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General ..., Volume 16

George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1858 - 944 pages
...his chamber, he said to him : " Master Kyngston, 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 my diligent pains and study that I have had to...
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The chronicle of the Christian ages: or, Record of events ..., Volume 2

John Harwood Hill - 1859 - 500 pages
...last words to Kingston, the lieutenant of the Tower, were, "Master Kingston, this I will say—had I but served God as diligently as I have served my 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...
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The Student's Hume: A History of England from the Earliest Times to the ...

David Hume - 1859 - 820 pages
...Constable of the Tower, who had him in custody, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. Let me advise you," be added, " if you be one of the privy-council, as by your wisdom you are fit,...
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The Christian's penny magazine, and friend of the people [ed. by J. Campbell ...

Congregational union of England and Wales - 1860 - 702 pages
...favour was withdrawn; and hear his dying testimony : — " Had I served my God but half as faithfully as I have served my king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs." Upon all his earthly prospects might be inscribed, "Icbabod!" and he had nothing left...
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