| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1855 - 638 páginas
...which had been shown by the Virginia troops, the preacher added ; " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel...Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." This was but the echo of... | |
| Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 422 páginas
...himself in the following memorable and strangely prophetic words. " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel...Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved, in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." CHAPTER IX. Washington's... | |
| John Pickell - 1856 - 216 páginas
...highest pride and satisfaction, paused for a moment, and then, as if moved by inspiration, continued: "I may point out to the public that heroic youth,...Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." Colonel Washington continued... | |
| 1856 - 848 páginas
...state, and was referred to, in a service held to implore Divine assistance to the Virginian arms, as " that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom, I cannot but hope, Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." The reader scarcely needs... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 páginas
...protected." " To the public," said Dovies, a learned divine, in the following month, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." "Who is Mr. Washington?"... | |
| GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856 - 501 páginas
...protected." 4 " To the public," said Davies^ a learned divine, in the following month, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." " Who is Mr. Washington?"... | |
| george bancropt - 1856 - 496 páginas
...protected." 4 " To the public," said Davies, a learned divine, in the following month, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington^ whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." " Who is Mr. Washington... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 páginas
...tongue. Said Davis, a distinguished clergyman, in referring to this defeat in a sermon, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved, in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." A remarkable prophecy,... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 596 páginas
...eulogy on the bravery of the Virginia troops — " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved, in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." Mr. Irving observes that... | |
| Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 páginas
...occurs in a sermon preached on the 17th of August by the Rev. Samuel Davis, wherein he cites him as " that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for• some important service to his country." The expressions of the... | |
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