...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 ! " 15. The separation of England from the Church of Rome was thus begun by the...

...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...

...rejoined the governor of the Tower. — " Alas, Master Kingston," exclaimed the cardinal, " if I had served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs ! " and then he added with downcast head : " This is my just reward." What a...

...Eighth, to a Monastry, to spend the remainder of his days, " If 1 had served God, as faithfully as the King, He would not have given me up in my grey hairs." And if you have time, spend a few moments with the great and good, which have adorned the Panorama...

...at the convent of Leicester, Nov. 28, 1530, immediately after uttering these remarkable words — " 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 reward that I receive for not regarding His service, but only...

...worldly aggrandizement, a little before he died, declared with anguish, in the midst of his disgrace, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." In like manner, many a one at the hour of dissolution will have to exclaim,...

...days after, with great composure and fortitude. He said, shortly before his death, " Had I served my God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have forsaken me in my gray hairs ; but this is the just reward I must receive for my pains and study, in...

...consciousness of the misapplication of his time and talents, drew from him this sorrowful declaration: " Had 1 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 the just reward that 1 must receive for my indulgent pains and study,...

...consciousness of the misapplication of his time and talents, drew from him this sorrowful declaration : " Had 1 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 the just reward that 1 must receive for my indulgent pains and study,...

...to persuade him from his appetite, and could not prevail. And, Master Kingston, this I will say — had I but served God as diligently as I have served the kiner, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." The cardinal expired as the clock was striking...