 | Nathaniel Morton - 1669 - 562 pages
...the dust; and as we were thinking, and consulting how to effect this great work, it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard, (a godly gentleman, and a lover of learning, there living among us,) to give one half of his estate (it being in all about one thousand seven hundred pounds)... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - 1833 - 508 pages
...the dust. And as wee were thinking and consulting how to effect this great work ; it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard (a godly gentleman,...give one half of his estate (it being in all about £ 1700) towards the erecting of a Collcdge, and all his Library : After him another gave ,£300 :... | |
 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1834 - 574 pages
...in the dust And as wee were thinking and consulting how to effect this great work, it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard, a godly gentleman and lover of learning, then living among us, to give the one half of his estate, towards the erecting of... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1836 - 654 pages
...in the dust. And as we were thinking and consulting how to effect this great work, it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr Harvard, (a godly gentleman and lover of learning, then living amongst us,) to give the one half of his estate towards the erecting... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1838 - 728 pages
...in the dust. And as we were thinking and consulting how to effect this great work, it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard, a godly gentleman,...give one half of his estate (it being in all about seventeen hundred pounds,) towards the erecting of a College, — and all his library," consisting... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1840 - 242 pages
...in the dust. And as we were thinking and consulting how to effect this great work, it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard, a godly gentleman,...give one half of his estate (it being in all about seventeen hundred pounds,) towards the erecting of a College, — and all his library," consisting... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1846 - 590 pages
...in the dust. And as we were thinking and consulting how to effect this great work, it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard, a godly gentleman...lover of learning, there living amongst us, to give the one half of his estate, it being in all about jt'1700, towards the erecting of a College, and all... | |
 | David Pulsifer - 1857 - 308 pages
...name of Newtown was changed to that of Cambridge. " It pleased God," says a contemporary writer, " to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard (a godly gentleman and lover of learning then living among us) to give one half of his estate towards the erection of a college,... | |
 | Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education - 1860 - 704 pages
...were quoted. " As we were thinking and consulting how to effect this great work, it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard, a godly gentleman...learning, there living amongst us, to give one half of his estate—it being in all about £1,700—towards the erecting of a College, and all his Library." It... | |
 | 1865 - 72 pages
...Duft. And as wee were thinking and confulting how to effecT: this great Work ; it pleafed God to ftir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard (a godly Gentleman and a lover of Learning, there living amongft us) to give the one halfe of his ( H ) Eftate (it being in all about 1700. 1.) towards the... | |
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Work; it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard (a godly Gentleman and a lover of Learning, there living amongst us) to give the one halfe of his Estate (it being in all about ^1700) towards the erecting of a Colledge, and all his Library... 
