 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 654 pages
...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 estimation in which the character... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1837 - 644 pages
...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 estimation in which the character... | |
 | American education society - 1837 - 450 pages
...remarkable instance of this, [the diffusion of some sparks of a martial influence through the colony,] I may point out to the public that heroic youth, colonel...manner, for some important service to his country." The celebrated Patrick Henry is known to have spoken in terms of enthusiasm of Mr. Davies. And as that... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1837 - 246 pages
...Braddock's defeat, has these remarkable words— " 1bsg leave to point the attention oj the public to that heroic youth Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved for some great service to this country ! .'*' BUT though the American writers have prettyunanimously... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 666 pages
...this, Prediction r ' of his future I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel career. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...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 estimation in which the character... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 632 pages
...Prediction • ™ i °fWs fulore 1 may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel career. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...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 estimation in which the character... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - Generals - 1840 - 216 pages
...Davies, who, in praising the courage of the Virginians, exclaimed, " 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." f It is also related, that fifteen years af* Washington's Writings, Vol. II. p. 97. t August 17th,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1840 - 354 pages
...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 estimation in which the character... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - Bible - 1840 - 468 pages
...eminent clergyman printed a discourse, in which he expressed the "hope, that Providence had preserved him in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." * These were his words. The event fulfilled that hope, and caused its early expression to be a subject... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - Bible - 1840 - 468 pages
...eminent clergyman printed a discourse, in which he expressed the "hope, that Providence had preserved him in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." * These were his words. The event fulfilled that hope, and caused its early expression to be a subject... | |
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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. 
