 Each Member brought a number of Books and presented them, to the Body ; and laying them on the Table, said these Words, or to this effect: 'I give these Books for the Founding of a College in this Colony.  Papers and Proceedings - Strana 272autor/autoři: American Library Association. Conference - 1911Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Abiel Holmes - 1805 - 556 str.
...minister! pave a number of books, and, laying them on a table, pronounced words to this effect : " 1 give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." About 40 volumes in folio were thus given. Several other donation!, both of bouks and money, were soon... | |
 | Benjamin Trumbull - 1818 - 574 str.
...this manner. Each gentleman gave a number of books, and laying them upon a table, pronounced words to this effect, " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." About forty volumes in folio were thus given. The trustees took possession of them, and appointed Mr.... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 590 str.
...they met at Branford, each bringing three or four large books, and laying them upon the table, with ' I give these books for the founding of a ' college in this colony.' As it was doubtful whether they could hold property, it was agreed to petition for a charter. To promote... | |
 | 1827 - 684 str.
...work had just been done, the pastors of Connecticut came forward each with his contribution, saying " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." In the days of Tennent and Edwards, the fathers of the Presbyterian church placed their students in... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1829 - 614 str.
...this : Each of the ten ministers gave a number of books, and, laying them on a table, pronounced words to this effect : " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." About 40 volumes in folio were thus given. Several other donations, both of books and money, were soon... | |
 | Ebenezer Baldwin - 1831 - 348 str.
...meeting in Branford, and with a ceremony peculiarly characteristic of the simplicity of the age. " Each member brought a number of books and presented them to the body ; and laying them on 11 the table said, these words : * / give these books for the founding a College in this colony."*... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 str.
...venerable fathers who founded Yale College, brought forward each his stock of books with the words, " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony," yet it is not in this way, pre-eminently, that their sons have sought to build up the institution which... | |
 | Sidney Willard - 1832 - 560 str.
...character with the simple manner of proceeding belonging to the age. " Each member," says President Clap, " brought a number of books and presented them to the...body; and laying them on the table said these words, ' I give these books for the founding a college in this Colony.' Then the Trustees took possession... | |
 | Joel Hawes - 1835 - 92 str.
...purpose, each one brought a number of folios in his arms, and placing them on a table, said, — " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony."* The learning contained in these ponderous tomes might not have been of much value ; but the spirit... | |
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