 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1898 - 520 pages
...my bones among you." On his death-bed his thoughts still clung to the prince whom he had served. " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king," murmured the dying man, " He would not have given me over in my gray hairs. But this is my due reward... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1899 - 484 pages
...three hours together, to persuade him from his appetite, and could not prevail. And, Master Knyghton, 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 due reward for my pains and study, not regarding my service to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Promptbooks - 1899 - 542 pages
...sometimes three hours together, to persuade him from his 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 grey hairs. But this is the just reward that I must receive for my indulgent pains and study,... | |
 | Archaeology - 1900 - 952 pages
...the sixtieth year of his age. Before he expired, he said to Knighton, the Constable of the Tower, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs." Wolsey died November 28, 1530, and was buried in the Lady Chapel of Leicester... | |
 | John Fletcher Hurst - Church history - 1900 - 1020 pages
...well, Master Kingston," replied Wolsey, " I see the matter against me, how it is framed ; if I had served God as diligently as I have served 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... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1901 - 850 pages
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 | Katharine Coman, E. K. Kendall - Great Britain - 1901 - 524 pages
...offices and wealth. He did not long survive the shock. On his deathbed he cried, " 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." Among the few who clung to Wolsey in his fallen fortunes was his secretary,... | |
 | Frederic Rowland Marvin - Last words - 1902 - 374 pages
...fails to terminate in death." Then follows his message to the King, concluding with, " Had I served my God as diligently as I have served the King, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs." He then continued, for a short time, to give Sir William some advice, concluding... | |
 | Eleanor Childs Meehan - Europe - 1903 - 390 pages
...Leicester, and to the monks who met him he 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... | |
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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 grey hairs. 
