 | 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 504
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 570
...madam,' sayth he, * far be it from me to countenance any thing 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.' " He had so much of the puritan about him, however, as to make the chapel stand north and south, instead... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 564
...No madam,' sayth he, ' far be it from me to countenance any thing 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.' " He had so much of the puritan about him, however, as to make the chapel stand north and south, instead... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 572
...madam,' sayth lie, ' far be it from me to countenance any thing 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.' " He had so much of the puritan about him, however, as to make the chapel stand north and south, instead... | |
 | George Dyer - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 702
...Madam," replied he, " far be it from me to countenance any thing 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." However, the society rather savoured of Puritanism, and hence the old song, called the Mad Puritan... | |
 | 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 896
...foundation." " No, madam ; far be it from me to countenance any thing 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." (Fuller's History of Cambridge, 1635, p. 147.) The acorn vegetated luxuriantly, and produced from the... | |
 | 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 276
..."No, madam," saith he, "far be it from me to countenance any thing 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." Since that period, the revenues of the college have been enlarged by various donations, whereby the... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 738
...madam," saith he : " far be it from me to countenance any thing 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." Sure I am, at this day it hath over• Sceleloi Canla&rigiensit, Ma. t This is subsequently corrected... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 738
...madam," saith he : " far be it from me to countenance any thing 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." Sure I am, at this day it hath over* Scthtot Cantabrigientit, MB. t This is subsequently corrected... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 368
...No, madam", saith he, '!far be it from me to countenance any thing 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." Sure I am, at this day it hath overshadowed all the University, more than a moiety of the present masters... | |
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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. 
