 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.  The Life of George Washington - Page 63by Jared Sparks - 1839 - 562 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Joseph Pritts - Frontier and pioneer life - 1841 - 550 pages
...following note : " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the Public that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...preserved in so signal a manner for some important services to his country." If suggestions I have more than once heard from aged and intelligent persons... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1841 - 594 pages
...martial fire through the country,'] I may point out," said he, " to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved, in so signal a manner,/or some important service to his country." " The celebrated Patrick Henry," says Dr. Green,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1843 - 738 pages
...instance of this, Prediction r oChis future I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...and it is a proof of the high estimation in which th° character of Washington was at this time held by his countrymen, and of the hopes it had raised.... | |
 | Theology - 1851 - 620 pages
...good soldier; in a note to which he says, " I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...manner, for some important service to his country." A similar sermon was preached to the militia, May 8, 1759, a few days before he left his people, in... | |
 | American literature - 1844 - 504 pages
...adds — " as a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so great a manner for some important service to his country." On some other occasions he manifested his... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 596 pages
...prophetic. " As a remarkable instance of this, 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." ' In consequence of the desperate state of affairs, Gov. Dinwiddie convened the Assembly on the 4th... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1845 - 250 pages
...the Rev. Mr. Davies, of Virginia, we find mention made by the author of " that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...manner, for some important service to his country." General Braddock was mortally wounded, and his few remaining soldiers then fled in every direction.... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1846 - 250 pages
...the Rev. Mr. Davies, of Virginia, we find mention made by the author of " that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...manner, for some important service to his country." General Braddock was mortally wounded, and his few remaining soldiers then fled in every direction.... | |
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