 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pagina’s
...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." This remarkable and heartfelt reference to an existence spent upon the slippery ground... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pagina’s
...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." This remarkable and heartfelt reference to an existence spent upon the slippery ground... | |
 | 1835 - 432 pagina’s
...he, 'I 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... | |
 | John Britton - 1836 - 442 pagina’s
...buried. His last words are reputed to have been these : — " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the King, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs ; but this is the just reward that I must receive for the pains and study that I have had to do him service, not... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1836 - 512 pagina’s
...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 my service to God,... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - 1836 - 484 pagina’s
...may be cited as eminently characteristic of the man. " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs. This is the just reward that I must receive for the pains I have taken to do him service, not regarding... | |
 | 1839 - 496 pagina’s
...and of seeking human favour. He said to his attendants, " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, 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 study, that I... | |
 | Charles Henry Timperley - 1839 - 1266 pagina’s
...all classes of hypocritical professors of religion — " If I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey, hairs. This is the just reward that I must receive for the pains I have taken to do him service,... | |
 | 1839 - 454 pagina’s
...left him, and then it was that he was heard to say, "If I had served my God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." And these were among his last words, for at eight o'clock that same night the poor cardinal... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 476 pagina’s
...from his will and appetite, but could not prevail. 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 that I must receive for my indulgent pains and study ; not regarding my service to... | |
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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. 
