 | J. T. Headley - 1859 - 530 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,... | |
 | L. Contanseau - 1860 - 232 páginas
...celebrated preacher, enlarged upon the courage of the Virginians. " As a remarkable instance of this," said he, " 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." 214. There is another tradition... | |
 | Charles Campbell - 1860 - 766 páginas
...Braddock's defeat. In a note appended to this discourse, Davies said: " 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. "f It is probable that Patrick... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1860 - 378 páginas
...patriotic ardor which had been manifested in the colony, 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." There is certainly something... | |
 | Charles Campbell - 1860 - 772 páginas
...Braddock's defeat. In a note appended to this discourse, Davies said: "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. "f It is probable that Patrick... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1860 - 558 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 signed a manner, for some im' portant service to his country." A remarkable prophecy,... | |
 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 páginas
...Virginia troops, for zeal and courage, went on to say, " As a remarkable instance of this, I may |,oint 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." It is now, 1774. The... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1862 - 688 páginas
...encouraging new recruits for the service, in words since that time often pronounced prophetic, "to 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." One lesson of this campaign... | |
 | François Guizot - 1863 - 162 páginas
...who, in praising the courage of the Virginians, exclaimed, " As a remarkable instance of this, I many 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."^ It is also related, that... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1864 - 680 páginas
...to this eloquent discourse occurs this remarkable, and, as it proved, truly prophetic sentence — "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." In May, 1758, he preached another war... | |
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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. 
