 Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.  Lives of Eminent Persons - Página 39por Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 571 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 822 páginas
...pleasure of God, to render my simple soul unto his divine hands. If I had served God as diligently аз I have done 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 and pains that I have... | |
 | Frank Fairplay - 1846 - 96 páginas
...of heart, when his own hour of trial came — " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." 40 Queen Catharine had but once appeared, and then under protest, before the court appointed to take... | |
 | 1846 - 456 páginas
...Carthage. Woolsey was left to die, lamenting : — " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." But Jackson's latter end was different from all this. He had served his country and he had served his... | |
 | A. W. Ward, A. R. Waller - 1973 - 490 páginas
...famous words which he puts in the mouth of Wolsey dying might serve as a text for the whole work : ' If I had served God as diligently as I have done the...he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.' That his readers may feel the full pathos of Wolsey's fall, he paints the magnificence of his life... | |
 | Henry Laurens, David R. Chesnutt, C. James Taylor - 2003 - 978 páginas
...biographer George Cavendish recorded the cardinal's dying comments, including: "If I had served (lod as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs. "George Cavendish, The I jfe and Death ofCj1r. dinalWolay (Boston and New York. 1905), p. 182. SOURCE:... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 244 páginas
...mention if only for the confession he made on his deathbed. As he lay dying, he is reported to have said: "If I had served God as diligently as I have done...He would not have given me over in my grey hairs. But this is the just reward that I must receive for my diligent pains and studies that I have had to... | |
 | James C. Bryant - 1984 - 194 páginas
...correspondence with the French ambassador. His dying words have become immortal: "If I had served my God as diligently as I have done the King, He would not have given me over in my gray hairs."5 Meanwhile, with Wolsey out of the way, two other men rose to prominence under Henry's... | |
 | Leo F. Solt - 1990 - 285 páginas
...Praemunire, died on his way from York to Westminster to attend the court. On his deathbed he opined, "If I had served God as diligently as I have done...the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs."18 There seems to be very little doubt from all of the evidence that Catherine was still a virgin... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 páginas
...Raphael Holinshed Chronicles (1 577), one of Shakespeare's main sources, where they appear in the form, "If I had served God as diligently as I have done...He would not have given me over in my grey hairs." Luck 2 That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong. WILLIAM... | |
 | James Monti - 1997 - 508 páginas
...life that he pronounced judgment upon the moral compromises he had made in his service to the King: "If I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs."33 The Cardinal faced death nobly, warning those about him both of the contagion of heresy... | |
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