| State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.) - Cities and towns - 1920 - 242 pages
...Saviour's Church is found the following entry : — " 1607 November 29 JOHN HARVYE S. of Robt. a Butcher." set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." Although "In vain the delving antiquary tries To find the tomb where generous Harvard lies," nevertheless... | |
| Findlay Muirhead - England - 1920 - 870 pages
...Sir Walter Mildmay. " I have set an acom." he replied to Queen Elizabeth's charge of Puritanism. " which when it becomes an oak. God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." It occupies the site and incorporated the buildings of a 13th cent. Dominican priory, but its present... | |
| Edward Alfred Webb - 1921 - 774 pages
...Puritan foundation.' To which Mildmay 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 1569 he had written to Sir William Cecil (Lord Burleigh), ' The Queen's safety and the preservation... | |
| Great Britain - 1922 - 1426 pages
...puritan foundation,' to which Mildmay 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 oak, Qod alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' His statutes for the government of Emmanuel College... | |
| Sydney Castle Roberts - Cambridge - 1927 - 260 pages
...Elizabeth, " I hear you have erected a puritan foundation." " No, madam," replied Sir Walter Mildmay, "far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." The acorn was Emmanuel College, founded by Sir Walter Mildmay, of Christ's in 1584, on the site previously... | |
| Virginia - 1932 - 446 pages
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| United States - 1932 - 778 pages
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