 | George Washington - 1847 - 574 Seiten
...killed in the field, where died many other brave officers. I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me. Captains Orme and Morris, two of the aids-de-camp, were wounded early in the engagement, which rendered... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1848 - 32 Seiten
...dispensations of Providence," wrote Washington himself to his venerated parent, after Braddock's defeat, " I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me ; yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." Well did the eloquent... | |
 | John England - 1849 - 508 Seiten
...marked, and by no means unimportant. He wrote to his brother: •'By the all-powerful dispensation of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human...through my coat, and two horses shot under me. Yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." It is true, that... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 276 Seiten
...killed in the field, where died many other brave officers. I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot under me. Captains Orme and Morris, two of the aids-de-camp, were wounded early in the engagement, which rendered... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 266 Seiten
...killed in the field, where died many other brave officers. I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot under me. Captains Orme and Morris, two of the aids-de-camp, were wounded early in the engagement, which rendered... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 402 Seiten
...dispensations of Providence," wrote Washington himself to his venerated parent, after Braddock's defeat, " I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me ; yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." Well did the eloquent... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 788 Seiten
...dispensations of Providence," wrote Washington himself to his venerated parent, after Braddock's defeat, « I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me ; yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." Well did the eloquent... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 876 Seiten
...dispensations of Providence," wrote Washington himself to his venerated parent, after Braddock's defeat, " I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me ; yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." Well did the eloquent... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 Seiten
...frontier warfare." — Duy't Penn. 13 tions of Providence,' said he, in a letter to his brother, ' I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me.'* So bloody a contest... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 Seiten
...his brother, he remarked, " By the all-powei-ful dispensations of Providence, I have been pro tected - and escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me." Dr. Craik, the... | |
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I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side... 
