...felt his ingratitude and desertion. "Had I served my God," said he, "as diligently as I have served my King, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." Thus died this famous Cardinal, than whom few ever attained to so great a height, or fell from it under...

...But the haughty cardinal soon after fell sick and died, having exclaimed in the pangs of remorse ; " Had I but served God as diligently as I have served...he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." 14. The opinions of various universities, favorable to Henry's views, having been obtained, and the...

...life spent in his service, he at length was 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 hairs. But this is the just reward that I must receive for all my pains and study, not regarding...

...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...

...to the officer appointed to conduct him, " Had I but served God a» diligently as I have served my king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs." There has been considerable disposition in later writers to vindicate the character of this minister;...

...on charge of treason, and dies in a monastery. "Had I but served God," said he on his death-bed, " as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have forsaken me in my grey hairs." Sir Thomas More5 succeeds Wolsey as chancellor and prime minister. After...

...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 the King, 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...

...Wolsey on his death bed. They were addressed, however, to Sir William Kingston : — ' Master Kingston, 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 reward that I must receive for ' my diligent pains and study, not...

...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...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, but only to my prince."...

...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 the king, 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...