 | John Fanning Watson - 1850 - 628 pagine
...then gives as an episode or note, saying, " I may point out to the public, that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...manner for some important service to his country." Doct. Davis' text, in Ihe foregoing sermon, was from 2d Saml. x. 12. "Be of good courage, and let us... | |
 | HON. J. Y. HEADLEY - 1860 - 502 pagine
...sermon, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but Jiope Providence has preserved, in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." A remarkable prophecy, as thus uttered from the pulpit. "Who," said Lord Halifax, in a letter to a... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 788 pagine
...said, in allusion to Colonel Washington, " I can not but hope Providence has hitherto preserved him in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." Washington was never wounded in battle. И. S PICTORIAL FIELD-BOOK Movement» of Forbee. Defeat of... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 794 pagine
...said, in allusion to Colonel Washington, '• I can not but hope Providence has hitherto preserved him in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country.'* Washington was never wounded in buttle. u: s MoremcnUofForbce. DcW of Grant Attack on Bouquet. Abandonment... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 670 pagine
...Washington on the bloody field of Monongahela, " I can not but hope Providence has hitherto preserved him in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." It is an interesting faet, thut Washington never reccived the slightest wound in battle. their blankets,... | |
 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 pagine
...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...manner, for some important service, to his country." It is now, 1774. The nineteen years from the battle of the Monongahela, have been passed, in domestic... | |
 | Cyrus Northrop - 1910 - 570 pagine
...Washington's escape from death : "I may point to that heroic youth, < 'olonel Washington, whom I can not but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal...manner for some important service to his country." Who of us can doubt that it was so? In January, 1759, Washington was married to Mrs. Martha Custis,... | |
 | Cyrus Northrop - 1910 - 568 pagine
...death: "I may point to that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I can not but hope Providence lias hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." Who of us can doubt that it was so? In January, 1759, Washington was married to Mrs. Martha Custis,... | |
 | John Warwick Daniel - 1911 - 818 pagine
...eye of Samuel Davies has now pointed him out as "that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I can but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal...manner for some important service to his country;" and soon the prophesy is fulfilled. The same year he is in command of the Virginia frontier forces,... | |
 | 1827 - 506 pagine
...to diffuse some martial fin. through the country] 1 may point to the public that heroic youth, Coi.. WASHINGTON, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner, tor SOme IMPORTANT SERVICE TO HIS COl'NTHV." — (Preached to captain Overton's volunteer company.)... | |
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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. 
