...spoke to him a little before he expired to this effect : " Had I but served God as diligently as 1 have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. But this is the just reward 1 must receive for my indulgent pains and study ; not regarding...

...bedside Sir William Kingston, and, amongst others, addressed to him these remarkable words : — " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given mo over in my grey hairs. But • Ruins of Leicester Abbey, the scene of the Death of Cardinal Wolsoy....

...the couch of death ? Alfred. — Yes, he regretted his ambitious life in these pathetic terms — " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have forsaken me in my gray hairs." Avgusta. — Was it not Henry the Eighth who received from the pope...

...cheer,' 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 gray hairs!' and then, he added, with downcast head,. 'This is my just reward!' What a judgment upon...

...sufficient recollection to feel how consoling prayer is to the dying." — M. <le La Harpe. "Had I served my God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have forsaken me in my gray hairs." — Cardinal Wolsey. " God bestows talents on our youth. Do see that...

...said, among other things, to Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower, who had him in custody, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. Let me advise you," he added, " if you be one of the privy-council, as by your wisdom you...

...king of England ; 3 but when he was upon his death bed he exclaimed to those around him, " If I had served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have forsaken me now in my grey hairs." No, our God will not forget the youngest child who sleeps the sleep...

...expired shortly afterward at Leicester Abbey (1530). Among his last words was the well-known saying, "Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." His great faults were his arrogance and inordinate ambition and love of display; but his...

...the proud cardinal from any further disgrace. Among his last words was the well-known exclamation, "Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs!" 10. By the advice of Cranmer, the great universities of Europe were consulted with regard...

...remorse, he was taken ill, and died at Leicester Abbey. On his death-bed he said, " Had I served my God as diligently as I have served the King, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." 10. In the meantime Henry had put away Catherine, and married Anne Boleyn. The Pope pronounced...