 | Thomas Storer - 1826 - 138 Seiten
...I 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 grey hairs." This is the pathetic sentence recorded by Cavendish, from whom it is copied verbatim by Holingshed,... | |
 | John Lingard - 1827 - 642 Seiten
...three hours together, to persuade him from his appetite, and could not prevail. And, master Kyngston, 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 just reward for my pains and study, not regarding my service to God, but... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 386 Seiten
...endanger the one half his kingdom. " I do assure you, that I have often kneeled before him, sometimes three hours together, to persuade him from his will...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... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1828 - 590 Seiten
...collecting his strength, made his last address, " If I bad served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs. Howbeit, this is my just reward for my worldly diligence and pains to do him service, only to satisfy... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 Seiten
...broken heart soon afterwards, uttering in the anguish of his soul, the never to be forgotten words, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have forsaken me in my gray hairs." Anne Boleyn, in less than three years, was condemned and beheaded. After... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1831 - 406 Seiten
...which he laboured, mortal. His dying words were, " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs. This is the just reward that I must receive for the pains I have taken to do him service, not regarding... | |
 | 1831 - 472 Seiten
...after, with great composure and fortitude. He said, shortly before his death — " Had J but served my God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have forsaken me in my grey hairs ; but this is the just reward I must receive for my pains and study, in... | |
 | 1831 - 388 Seiten
...see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God at diligently * as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs. Howbeit, this is the just reward that I must receive for my worldly diligence and pains that I have... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1832 - 428 Seiten
...But the haughty cardinal soon after fell sick and died, having exclaimed in the pangs of 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." 14. The opinions of various universities, favorable to Henry's views, having been obtained,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 Seiten
...God, to render my simple soul unto his divine hands. If I had served God as diligently as I have done the King, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs. Howbeit, this is the just reward that I must receive for my worldly diligence and pains that I have... | |
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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. 
