 | Henry Howard Brownell - 1860 - 592 pages
...He soon died, saying, in his last moments, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." The Pope still proving impracticable, application was made to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,... | |
 | 800 pages
...his ruin. Shortly before his death he gave utterance to these memorable words, " 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." It has been said, " The ill that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with... | |
 | Samuel Martin - 1863 - 352 pages
...see 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 I have had... | |
 | Titus Mooney Merriman - 1863 - 530 pages
...soon after, \Volsey exclaimed, in remorse, "Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." Henry was advised, in his dilemma and suspense, to seek the opinion of the Universities. This done,... | |
 | Henry Ince - 1864 - 310 pages
...I am come to lay my bones among you ;" — here he died on November 28, 1530, declaring, " If I had served God as diligently as I have served my king, He would not have given me up in my grey hairs — this is my just reward for my pains and study, not regarding my service to... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1902 - 420 pages
...the King by him, as a dying man ; in the course of which occurred the memorable words — " If I had served 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 that I... | |
 | Arthur May Mowry - 1902 - 338 pages
...cause his death. Just before he died, Wolsey said : " If I had served God as diligently as I have 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 had... | |
 | Horace Sumner Tarbell, Martha Tarbell - 1902 - 308 pages
...all day hunting for it. — SIR CHARLES WETHERELL. 9. Had I served God as diligently as I have the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. CARDINAL WOLSEY. 10. I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.... | |
 | Philip Van Ness Myers - 1903 - 708 pages
...arms of the kind monks of Leicester Abbey, he uttered these self-censuring words : " Had I served my God as diligently as I have served my king, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." Wolsey had indeed sunk his priestly office in that of the statesman, and as a statesman he had often... | |
 | Eleanor Childs Meehan - 1903 - 390 pages
...said: " I am come to lay my bones among you. 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." In St. Paul's also lies England's other great soldier, Wellington. In Westminster are remembered, if... | |
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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. 
