 | Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1859 - 1284 pages
...ten thoughtful and benevolent men, each laying a few volumes on the table, with the declaration, " I give these books for. the founding of a college in this colony." Even the venerable University of Harvard was once supported by the scanty and precarious gifts of the... | |
 | Mary Howitt - 1859 - 460 pages
...worthy fathers, who in 1700 assembled at Branford, and each one laying a few volumes on a table, said, 'I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony.' "Political edueation was a natural consequence of the constitution. Every inhabitant was a eitizen,... | |
 | Augusta Blanche Berard - United States - 1859 - 230 pages
...farmers, who, in 1700, assembled at Branford, and each one, laying a few volumes on thei table, said : " I give these books for the founding of a College in this colony."* New Haven was the place afterwards chosen for its location, and it was called Tale, in honor of Elihu... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Mexico - 1859 - 446 pages
...assembled at Branford,* and each, producing a few books, laid them on the table, with these words : " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." Such was the beginning of Yale College, now one of the most honored institutions of learning in the... | |
 | Edward Edwards - Libraries - 1859 - 1206 pages
...organized — each of them brought a number of books , and presenting them to the Society, said, / give these books for the founding of a College in this Colony. ' To this College, as to Harvard, Bishop Berkeley was an early and eminent benefactor. In the dawn... | |
 | William Jones Rhees - Libraries - 1859 - 724 pages
...same year, each of them brought a number of books, and, presenting them to the society, said : ' / give these books for the founding of a college in this colony.' "Bishop Berkeley, about 1733, sent to the library from Europe 'the finest collection of books that... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1859 - 1196 pages
...organized — each of them brought a number of books , and presenting them to the Society, said, / give these books for the founding of a College in this Colony. ' To this College, as to Harvard, Bishop Berkeley was an early and eminent benefactor. In the dawn... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1870 - 752 pages
...their brethren had designated to perform that duty, each of them laying down a number of books, and saying, " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." By that act, prior to any charter, they became, according to the principles of Common Law, the creators... | |
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