 | Robert Sears - 1854 - 668 Seiten
...sentence of Davit's where, speaking of that heroic youth, he adds : ' whom I can not lint bone flint Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country' — but even the Indians were persuaded that he wns under the special guardianship of the flreat Spirit... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1855 - 638 Seiten
...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...manner for some important service to his country." This was but the echo of the general voice, and it is a proof of the high e$timation in which the character... | |
 | 1855 - 588 Seiten
...eulogy on the bravery of the Virginian troops, — "As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for gome important service to his country." When another army was to be raised for frontier service, the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 566 Seiten
...youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but * Sparks. Writings of Washington, yoL ii., p. 161, note. hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal...manner for some important service to his country." The expressions of the worthy clergyman may have been deemed enthusiastic at the time ; viewed in connection... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 Seiten
...Constituents of a Good Soldier," he prophetically " points out to the public that heroic youth. Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope "Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some imi>ortant service to his country," and a third addressed to the Militia of Hanover «Dr. .1. F. Steams's... | |
 | Alexander Jones - 1855 - 148 Seiten
...to the then Colonel Washington : — " I cannot but hope, that Providence has hitherto preserved him in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." General Washington, in his family associations, was connected in the tenderest ties of relationship... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 422 Seiten
...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...manner, for some important service to his country." CHAPTER IX. Washington's Services as Commander of the Virginia Troops. COLONEL WASHINGTON was permitted... | |
 | John Pickell - 1856 - 216 Seiten
...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,...manner for some important service to his country." Colonel Washington continued in the military service of the colony until the termination of the campaign... | |
 | 1856 - 848 Seiten
...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...manner for some important service to his country." The reader scarcely needs to be informed that Mr. Irving's account of this earlier portion of the life... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 704 Seiten
...Constituents of a Good Soldier," he prophetically " points out to the public that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...manner for some important service to his country," and a third addressed to the Militia of Hanover * Dr. JT Stenms's Hist. Discourse relating to the First... | |
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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. 
