 | 1834 - 444 pàgines
...tempted to bestow upon the world, or any thing in it, that affection and service which are due to God. " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served...he would not have given me over, in my grey hairs." "It is incomparably better," says St. Augustine, "to shut the door of our heart against even just anger,... | |
 | 1835 - 432 pàgines
...see the matter against me how it is framed ; but if I had served God as dttigcuf'i* ss 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 formy worldly diligence and pains that I have... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 328 pàgines
...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...he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." In like manner, many a one at the hour of dissolution will have to exclaim, " If I had been as anxious... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1836 - 512 pàgines
...him, at once to guard and attend him, he spoke to him alittle 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 gray hairs. But this is the just reward I must receive for my indulgent pains and study ; not regarding... | |
 | 1836 - 378 pàgines
...situation, is well known to every reader of English history. He said, a little before he expired, ' had I served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over u my grey hairs. But this is the just reward that I must receive for my indulgent pains and study,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 248 pàgines
...endanger the one half of his kingdom. 1 do assure you, that I have often kneeled before him, sometimes three hours together, to persuade him from his will and appetite, but could not prevail." To his country he stands in the relation of the prince under whom the English church was severed from... | |
 | Mary Saunders - 1836 - 316 pàgines
...his death. Shortly before he expired he said, " Had I but served God at diiigсutiy at 1 have tened the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairt." » Abridged from Reel' Encyclopedia. SIR HUGH; OR THE JEW'S DAUGHTKR. The bonnie boys о merry... | |
 | William Angus (A.M.) - 1837 - 316 pàgines
...September, 1530. A little before his death, he said to Sir William Kingston, who had him in custody, "Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me up in my grey hairs; but this is the just reward I must receive for not regarding my service to God,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1837 - 732 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1837 - 662 pàgines
...heart soon afterwards, uttering in the antjuish of his soul, the never to be forgotten words, "Hud I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have forsaken me in my gray hairs." Anne Boieyn, in less than three years, was condemned and beheaded. After... | |
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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. 
