 | Benson John Lossing - 1876 - 878 Seiten
...shot under him, and four bullets passed through his coat Writing of this to his brother, ho remarked, "By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence,...protected beyond all human probability or expectation, * * * although death was leveling my companions on every side." ' Note 1, page 168. See picture on... | |
 | François Guizot - 1876 - 568 Seiten
...mortal wound. Colonel Washington, preserved by God for other days, sought in vain to rally his soldiers. "By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence,...protected beyond all human probability or expectation," he wrote to his brother after the action; "for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot... | |
 | William Banks Slaughter - 1878 - 318 Seiten
...and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother, he says : "I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side." His fellow aide, Col. Orme,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 480 Seiten
...colleges, where now the gown 73. Referring to BradJock's defeat, when Washington wrote to his brother: "By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence I...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet 1 escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." 76. Study in Cambridge... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 Seiten
...where now the gown 73. Referring to BradJock's defeat, when Washington wrote to his brother: ''Bythe all-powerful dispensations of Providence I have been...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." To arms had yielded,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 Seiten
...where now the gown 73. Referring to Braddock's defeat, when Washington wrote to his brother: ''Bythe all-powerful dispensations of Providence I have been...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." To arms had yielded,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 Seiten
...colleges, where now the gown .73. Referring to Braddock's defeat, when Washington wrote to his brother: "By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence I...expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two torses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1881 - 926 Seiten
...shot under him, and four bullets passed through his coat. Writing of this to his brother, ho remarked, "By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence,...protected beyond all human probability or expectation, * * * although death was leveling my companions on every side." * Note 1, page 168. See picture on... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 986 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...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... | |
 | 1883 - 678 Seiten
...and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was leveling my companions on ever^ side." An Indian sharpshooter said... | |
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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... 
