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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. "
The Dublin University Magazine - Page 717
1875
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Dr. Goldsmith's Abridgment of the History of England: Brought Down to the ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 398 pages
...him for three hours together, to persuade him from hi&will and appe» tite, but could not prevail. Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would net have given me over in my grey hairs. But this is the just re. ward that I must receive for my indulgent...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 3

1823 - 584 pages
...be against me ; how it is framed I knowe not. But if I had served God, as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey haires. But this is the just rewarde that I must receive, for tny diligent pains and study, that I...
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Wolsey, the Cardinal, and His Times: Courtly, Political, and Ecclesiastical

George Howard - 1824 - 616 pages
...together, to persuade him from his will and appetite, but could not prevail ; and, Master Kingston, had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would * It is curious to observe how even in the moment of danger, and the expectation of certain death,...
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The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...: it was copied almost literally from Holinshed. " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." The death of the great child of honour is narrated, not exhibited, in the drama. * Shakspeare gives...
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An Abridgement of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 340 pages
...before^him for three hour-! together, to persuade him from his will and appetite, but could not proVail. Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the ting, he would not have given mo over in my grey hairs. But this is the just reward that I must receive...
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A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans, Volume 6

John Lingard - 1825 - 528 pages
...hours together to persuade him from his " appetite, and could not prevail. And, master " Kyngston, had I but served God as diligently " as I have served...would not have ** given me over in my grey hairs. But this is " my just reward for my pains and study, not " regarding my service to God, but only my...
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The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of George the Second

Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 780 pages
...three hours together, to persuade him from his will and appetite ; hut could not prevail. Had I hut 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...
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The Life of Cardinal Wolsey: And Metrical Visions from the ..., Volume 1

George Cavendish - 1825 - 398 pages
...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 6. Howbeit this is the just reward that I must receive for my worldly diligence and pains that I have...
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A history of England from the first invasion by the Romans, Volume 6

John Lingard - 1826 - 452 pages
...together to persuade him from his appetite, and « could not prevail. And , master Kyngston , had .1 but « served God as diligently as I have served the...« would not have given me over in my grey hairs. But « this is my just reward for my pains and study, not « regarding my service to God, but only...
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History of England, from the First Invasion by Julius Caesar, to the ...

William Grimshaw - 1826 - 318 pages
...to stop at Leicester Abbey; where, he shortly afterwards expired. OB his death bed, he exclaimed-, " Had I but served God, as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have deserted me in my grey hairs." In the autumn of this year, the new queen had a ' daughter, called Elizabeth;...
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