 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - England - 1905 - 184 pages
...in his last hours have become famous, although in the version of Shakespeare rather than his own : " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." " Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, He would not... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne, Rossiter Johnson - World history - 1905 - 434 pages
...lay 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... | |
 | Edward Latham - Quotations - 1906 - 434 pages
...of Beaconsfield] (1804-81)— in a speech in the House of Commons, Feb. 5, 1863. Had I served (my) God as diligently as I have (served) the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. CARDINAL WOLSEY (1471,1530) — to Sir William Kingston, who arrested him. See... | |
 | John Dolliver Freeman - Bible - 1907 - 152 pages
...Wolsey, staggering in disgrace and disease to the Abbey of Leicester, and moaning on his deathbed, "Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." What a contrast between the twilight of their day and that of Shaftesbury or... | |
 | John Dolliver Freeman - Bible - 1907 - 152 pages
...Wolsey, staggering in disgrace and disease to the Abbey of Leicester, and moaning on his deathbed, "Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." What a contrast between the twilight of their day and that of Shaftesbury or... | |
 | George Fox Bridges - England - 1908 - 344 pages
...he said : " Well, well, Master Kingston, I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God as diligently as I have served the King, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs." " I pray you with all my heart to have me most humbly commended unto his royal... | |
 | John Henry Haaren, Addison B. Poland - Biography - 1909 - 364 pages
...to Sir William Kingston, the chief of the guard, a little while before he died, he said, "If I had served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." The next morning, as the abbey clock was striking eight, he passed away. He... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Conduct of life - 1910 - 502 pages
...to visit him, perhaps to apprehend him. Wolsey said to him, when he felt himself dying, " If I had served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." When Robert Cecil, the great statesman, worn out with the cares of office,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1912 - 558 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 grey hairs. But this is my due reward for my pains and study, not regarding my service to... | |
 | Henry Lowther Clarke - England - 1912 - 278 pages
..."Well, well, Master Kingston," said Wolsey, "I see the matter against me how it is framed, but if I had served God as diligently as I have served 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... | |
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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. 
