 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 542 pàgines
...him a little before he expired, to this effect: " 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 just jreward I must receive for my indulgent pains and study ; not regarding my service to God, but only... | |
 | 1831 - 388 pàgines
...master Kingston,' quoth he, ' I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God at diligently * as 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... | |
 | 1831 - 374 pàgines
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 | 1831 - 548 pàgines
...affection and service which are due to God. " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, HE would not have given me over in my grey hairs." Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not: for where thou... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 720 pàgines
...last discourse, as he lay on his deathbed, that he said the words which have been so often quoted " if I had served God, as diligently as I " have done...over in my grey hairs — but this is the just reward I " must receive, for my diligent pains and study, that "I have had to do him service — not regarding... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 pàgines
...quoth he, " I tarry but the will and pleasure of God, to render my simple soul unto his divine hands. If I had served God as diligently as I have done the...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... | |
 | Henry Walter - 1832 - 642 pàgines
...here. And in his dying hour, he said to Kingston, " If I had 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 just reward, that I must receive for my pains and study to do the king service ; not regarding my... | |
 | 1833 - 152 pàgines
...ungratefully treated; and some of his last words were, " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey...But this is the just reward that I must receive for all my pains and study, not regarding my service to God, but only to my prince." HWR THE POWER OF DIVINE... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pàgines
...disorder ; " Well, well, Master Kingston," said he, " I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the...he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." This remarkable and heartfelt reference to an existence spent upon the slippery ground of courts, m... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 606 pàgines
...disorder ; " Well, well, Master Kingston," said he, " I see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the...he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." This remarkable and heartfelt reference to an existence spent upon the slippery ground of courts, in... | |
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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. 
