 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 páginas
...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, ho would not have given me over in my grey hairs. But this is the just reward I must receive for my... | |
 | Mary Elsie Thalheimer - 1875 - 316 páginas
...on his way to London, he died at Leicester Abbey. Before his death he uttered these memorable words: "Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs." 256. King Henry in his early years had won the proud title of Defender of the Faith, by... | |
 | Titus Mooney Merriman - 1875 - 520 páginas
...and was seized on a charge of high treason. Falling sick soon after, Wolsey exclaimed, in remorse, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in ray gray hairs." Henry was advtsed, in his dilemma and suspense, to seek the opinion of the Universities.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1875 - 472 páginas
...haughty cardinal soon after fell sick and died, having exclaimed, in the pangs of remorse, " Had 1 but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs ! " 14. The opinions of various universities, favorable to Henry's views, having been obtained,... | |
 | Reformation - 1875 - 264 páginas
...: this broke his heart. " Alas ! master Kingston," said he to the governor of the Tower, " if I had served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs. This is my just reward !" Unquestionably he had served himself before any one else. He... | |
 | David Hume - 1876 - 826 páginas
...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 mo advise you," he added, "if you be one of the privy-council, as by your wisdom you... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1876 - 1148 páginas
...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 gray hairs. But this is the just reward that I must receive for my indulgent pains and study, not regarding... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 páginas
...dramatist are but a poetical amplification of those really uttered by the minister of Henry VIII. : ' Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me up in my grey hairs.' Now,all the men, the last moments of whom we have recorded, teach us a useful... | |
 | Alfred Rimmer - 1877 - 404 páginas
...together, 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 king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. Howbeit, this is my just reward for my pains and diligence, not regarding my service to... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1877 - 558 páginas
...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 I" 10. By the advice of Cranmer, the great universities of Europe were consulted with regard... | |
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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 gray hairs. 
