 | Charles Campbell - 1860 - 790 Seiten
...dispensations of Providence I have been pro* Bancroft, iv. 189. f Braddock's Expedition, 231. tected beyond all human probability or expectation, for I...death was levelling my companions on every side." More than half of the army were killed or wounded, two-thirds of them, according to Washington's conjecture,... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1860 - 384 Seiten
...courage and resolution." " By the allpowerful dispensations of Providence," he writes to his brother, "I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me ; yet I escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side." His friend and physician,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 482 Seiten
...opportunity of contradicting the first, and of assuring you that I have not composed the latter. But, by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...probability, or expectation ; for I had four bullets through niy coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 794 Seiten
...there retains its name. * See page 34. t Speaking of this in a letter to hU brother, he remarked, " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...human probability or expectation ; for I had four bulleta through my coat, and two horses shot under me, and escaped unhurt, although death was leveling... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 668 Seiten
...under him, and four bullets passed through his coat "Writing of this to his brother, he remarked, " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...protected beyond all human probability or expectation, * * * although death was leveling my companions ou every side." * Note 1, page 168. See picture on... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1850 - 628 Seiten
...John, that he has not been killed, as had been before reported in a circumstantial account. He added, " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...protected beyond all human probability or expectation, while death was levelling my companions on every side." Such remarkable perils, and such acknowledgments... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1860 - 520 Seiten
...the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability and expectation ; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side." His remarkable preservation,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 492 Seiten
...dispensations of Providence, I have been pKtectcd beyond all human probability, or expectation ; for I bad four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side of me ! " We have been most scandalously beaten... | |
 | 1862 - 970 Seiten
...all-pov;erful ditpentativni of providence," he say», when giving an account of Braddock's defeat, " I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation ; for I had four bulléis through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, while death was levelling... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 898 Seiten
...his friend and comrade Pr. Craik, "to see him fall." In a letter written by himself to his brother, he says : " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence,...through my coat and two horses shot under me, yet I GEORGE WASHINGTON 247 escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side." His... | |
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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... 
