 | Marcius Willson - 1855 - 516 pagina’s
...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 (he most honored institutions of learning in the... | |
 | William Henry Carpenter, Timothy Shay Arthur - 1856 - 344 pagina’s
...year, each of these trustees brought with him several books, saying, as he laid them upon the table, " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." The library thus contributed numbered about forty folio volumes. Various other donations were soon... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 pagina’s
...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.' " But the political education of the people is due to the happy organization of towns, which here,... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - 1857 - 502 pagina’s
...Trustees, in the year 1700. Each gentleman gave some books, and as he laid them on the table, said, " I give these books for the founding of a College in this Colony." The College was incorporated in 1701, and, at first, it was agreed that it should be established at... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - 1857 - 488 pagina’s
...Trustees, in the year 1700. Each gentleman gave some books, and as he laid them on the table, said, " I give these books for the founding of a College in this Colony/' The College was incorporated in 1701, and, at first, it was agreed that it should be established at... | |
 | 1857 - 388 pagina’s
...[" Ten wortby fathers assembled at Branford, and each one laying a few volumes on a table, said, * 1 give these books for the founding of a college in this colony.' "J Australasia aad Polyaesia. 1699 Dampier's second exploratory voyage ; he coasts along the western... | |
 | Wisconsin. Department of Public Instruction - 1858 - 624 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction - 1858 - 866 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1859 - 1284 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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,... | |
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