 | Marcius Willson - 1875 - 632 pàgines
...last moments he is said to have exclaimed, in the bitterness of humiliation and remorse, " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." 15. During the stirring and eventful period of the early rivalries of Francis I. and Charles... | |
 | William Swinton - 1879 - 542 pàgines
...died in 1530. In his last moments he is said to have exclaimed to his attendant, " Had I but served m> God as diligently as I have served my king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs."* 61. The negotiations with the Pope for the divorce went on for two years longer, and... | |
 | Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose - 1875 - 448 pàgines
...himself the credit of founding it. On his death-bed he uttered these affecting words : — " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, he ffould not have left me in my grey hairs." The trade in African slaves was first practised by tne English... | |
 | England - 1876 - 300 pàgines
...later, on the 28th of November 1530, being then in his sixtieth year. His last words were, " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my King, he had not given me over in my gray hairs." 10. Sir Thomas More, a layman, had already received the Chancellorship,... | |
 | England - 1876 - 256 pàgines
...the King to crush in time " the new pernicious sect of Lutherans." His last words were, " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my King, he had not given me over in my gray hairs." 12. Sir Thomas More, a layman, had already received the Chancellorship,... | |
 | British empire - 1877 - 484 pàgines
...Place, now known as Whitehall. He was afterwards permitted to retain SUPPRESSION OF MONASTERIES. 187 the see of York, but in a few months he was arrested...he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." Henry, acting on the advice of Thomas Cromwell, had already renounced allegiance to the Papal see,... | |
 | Clara L. Matéaux - 1877 - 276 pàgines
...owner ; who now at last friendless and deserted, went forth to face his enemies, crying, " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, He would not now have given me over in my grey hairs." And so the once gay " Boy Bachelor of Oxford," the mighty... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1877 - 926 pàgines
...displeasure of his monarch, made the following sad reflection a little before bis death : — " Had I but served my God as diligently as I have served my king, he would ii' >t have forsaken me now in my gray hairs ; but this is the just reward that I must receive for... | |
 | Ellen Webley Parry - 1879 - 530 pàgines
...his way back to London he fell ill, and died at Leicester, in 15,'S0. On his death-bed he made use of these memorable words, "If I had served my God as...served my king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." Cardinal Wolsey was a remarkable instance of a man who rose from the humblest class by... | |
 | David Morris - 1879 - 586 pàgines
...dysentery, and with difficulty reached Leicester Abbey, where he died. His last words were, ' 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.' Overthrow of the Papal Power in England. Suppression of the Monasteries. Though Henry was indignant... | |
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Kingston, 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. 
