 | 1831 - 388 Seiten
...master Kingston,' quoth he, ' I 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 542 Seiten
...him a little before he expired, to this effect: " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs. But this is the just jreward I must receive for my indulgent pains and study ; not regarding my service... | |
 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 Seiten
...the bed of death ; hearken to his dying declaration — " Had I served God as diligently as I served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs, but this is the just reward I must receive for my indulgent pains and study, not regarding my service... | |
 | 1831 - 548 Seiten
...affection and service which are due to God. " 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." Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not: for where thou... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 Seiten
...I tarry but the will and pleasure of 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... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 716 Seiten
...discourse, as he lay on his deathbed, that he said the words which have been so often quoted " if I had served God, as diligently as I " have done the king,...would not have given me " over in my grey hairs— but this is the just reward I " must receive, for my diligent pains and study, that " I have had to... | |
 | Henry Walter - 1832 - 642 Seiten
...here. And in his dying hour, he said to Kingston, " If I had served GOD as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs. But this is my just reward, that I must receive for my pains and study to do the king service ; not... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 Seiten
...Well, well, Master Kingston," said he, " 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 remarkable and heartfelt reference to an existence spent upon the slippery ground of courts, m... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 Seiten
...Well, well, Master Kingston," said he, " 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 remarkable and heartfelt reference to an existence spent upon the slippery ground of courts, in... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 Seiten
...Well, well, Master Kingston," said he, " 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 remarkable and heartfelt reference to an existence spent upon the slippery ground of courts, in... | |
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Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "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. 
