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" far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof. "
The General Biographical Dictionary - Page 154
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Memorials of Cambridge

Charles Henry Cooper - 1860 - 594 pages
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Memoirs of the Life and Works of Lancelot Andrewes, Lord Bishop of Winchester

Arthur Tozer Russell - 1860 - 588 pages
...erected a Puritan foundation." " Xo, Madam," saitli he, " far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." " Sure I am at this day," adda Fuller (1634), " it hath overshadowed all the University, more than...
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Athenae Cantabrigienses: 1586-1609

Charles Henry Cooper, Thompson Cooper - 1861 - 592 pages
...erected a puritan foundation," and that he replied: "No, madam, far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws, but I have set...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." In 1684 he visited Cambridge, and the townsmen made him a present which cost 23«. 4il. In August of...
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Athenae Cantabrigienses: 1586-1609

1861 - 590 pages
...a puritan foundation," and that he replied : " No, madam, far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws, but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an ouk, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." In 1581 ho visited Cambridge, and the townsmen...
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The Complete Works of Stephen Charnock, Volume 1

Stephen Charnock - Sermons, English - 1864 - 596 pages
...Cambridge.' ' Madam,' said Sir Walter, ' far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your Majesty's established laws ; but I have set an acorn which,...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' In 1641, it had 204 students attending, standing next to St John's and Trinity in respect of numbers...
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The Complete Works of Stephen Charnock, B.D.

Stephen Charnock - 1864 - 598 pages
...Cambridge.' ' Madam,' said Sir Walter, 'far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your Majesty's established laws ; but I have set an acorn which,...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' In 1641, it had 204 students attending, standing next to St John's and Trinity in respect of numbers...
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On the Cam: Lectures on the University of Cambridge in England

William Everett - 1865 - 418 pages
...erected a Puritan foundation." " No, Madam," was his reply ; " far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." " And," says Fuller, who tells the story, writing in 1634, " Sure I am at this day it hath overshadowed...
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Trübner's American and oriental literary record

1868 - 716 pages
...Puritan foundation.' To which he replied, ' No, madam, far be it from ВД to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' " Emmanuel College soon became an oak, and one of its fruits was a school at Newtown. Massachusetts...
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The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks, Volume 1

Thomas Brooks - Religion - 1866 - 562 pages
...have erected a Puritan foundation." " No, Madam," saith he ; " far be from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set...acorn which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows can scarcely err in finding in this choice confirmation of Puritanparentage. The entry is as follows...
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The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks, Volume 1

Thomas Brooks - Religion - 1866 - 566 pages
...Madam," saith he ; " far be from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws , hut I have set an acorn which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knowa can scarcely err in finding in this choice confirmation of Puritanparentage. The entry is as...
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