 | 1814 - 398 pages
...he has so plentifully bestrewed his history, that, some time after, being at court, the Queen said " Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a Puritan Foundation."...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 564 pages
...assistance of other benefactors, arose gradually to its present flourishing state. Fuller tells us that the founder " coming to court, the queen told him,...you have erected a puritan foundation.' ' No madam,' sayth he, ' far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws; but I have... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 544 pages
...majesty ; for, on his coming to court after the completion of this noble undertaking, she said tartly to him; " Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a puritan foundation." " No, madam," replied he, " far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws; but I have... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1819 - 544 pages
...majesty 5 for, on his coming to court after the completion of. this noble undertaking, she said tartly to him ; " Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a puritan foundation." " No, madam," replied he, " far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws ; but I... | |
 | John Preston Neale - Great Britain - 1826 - 264 pages
...value, having obtained a licence or charter of incorporation from Queen Elizabeth. Fuller tells us, that the founder coming to court, the queen told him, "...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,... | |
 | Architecture, Domestic - 1829 - 334 pages
...value, having obtained a license or charter of incorporation from Queen Elizabeth. Fuller tells us, that the founder coming to court, the queen told him, "...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,... | |
 | 1835 - 276 pages
...he has so plentifully bestrewed his history, that some time after, being at court, the Queen said, " Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a Puritan foundation."...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,... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - Cambridge - 1840 - 738 pages
...the sunshine of his country and a clear conscience. Coming to Court after he had founded his College, the queen told him, "Sir Walter, I hear you have erected...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,... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 380 pages
...sunshine of his country and a clear conscience. 13. Coming to court after he had founded his college, the queen told him, " Sir Walter, I hear you have...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,... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - Cambridge - 1840 - 738 pages
...the sunshine of his country and a clear conscience. Coming to Court after he had founded his College, the queen told him, " Sir Walter, I hear you have...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,... | |
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the founder coming to court, the Queen told him, ' Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a Puritan foundation ! ' ' No, madam,' saith he ; ' far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn which, when... 
