| 1806 - 504 pages
...Madam," said he, " far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to the established laws. But 1 have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows •vvhat will be the fruit thereof." These words are round this picture : " By Vansomer, iEi;ilis suae... | |
| Benjamin Brook - Puritans - 1813 - 532 pages
...puritan foundation." " No, madam," said he, " far be it from me ta countenance any thing contrary to your laws : but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oat, God alone knows what will be the fruit of It." This college, it is added, became the very nursery... | |
| George Dyer - 1824 - 736 pages
...Majesty said—" So, Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a Puritan College."— " No, Madam," replied he, " far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." However, the society rather savoured of Puritanism, and hence the old song, called the Mad Puritan... | |
| John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 882 pages
...was a great encourager of literature, and founder of Emtnanucl college, Cambridge, which rose rapidly to its present flourishing state. Fuller tells us...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' " JOHN SMITH, or SMYTHE, a statesman, son of Sir Clement Smith, of Little Badden, in Essex, by a sister... | |
| John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 830 pages
...madam,' sayth he, ' far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws 5 but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' " JOHN SMITH, or SMYTHE, a statesman, son of Sir Clement Smith, of Little Badden, in Essex, by a sister... | |
| Religion - 1832 - 896 pages
...Queen Elizabeth said to Sir Walter, " I hear you have erected a Puritan foundation." " No, madam ; far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." (Fuller's History of Cambridge, 1635, p. 147.) The acorn vegetated luxuriantly, and produced from the... | |
| 1835 - 276 pages
...court, the Queen said, " Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a Puritan foundation." "No, madam," saith he, "far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." Since that period, the revenues of the college have been enlarged by various donations, whereby the... | |
| Thomas Fuller - Cambridge - 1840 - 738 pages
...the queen told him, " Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a puritan foundation." " No, madam," saith he : " far be it from me to countenance any thing...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." Sure I am, at this day it hath over• Sceleloi Canla&rigiensit, Ma. t This is subsequently corrected... | |
| Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 368 pages
...tne queen told him, " Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a puritan foundation." " No, madam", saith he, '!far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." Sure I am, at this day it hath overshadowed all the University, more than a moiety of the present masters... | |
| Thomas Wright - 1841 - 662 pages
...him, " So, Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a puritan foundation." " No, Madam," was his reply, " far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." The acorn grew fast, and Fuller, who wrote in 1634, says, " Sure I am, at this day it hath overshadowed... | |
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