 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.  Universal history, ancient and modern - Stran 218avtor: William Fordyce Mavor - 1806Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Pickell - 1856 - 178 strani
...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,...cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved krso signal a manner for some important service to his country." Colonel Washington continued in the... | |
 | Elihu Rich - 1856 - 1080 strani
...following prophetic remark of Washington : ' I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...so signal a manner, for some important service to Ms country.' DAVIES, ROBERT, a Welch bard and literary savant, author of a Welch Grammar, &e., 1770-1836.... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - 1856 - 268 strani
...instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I can not but hope Providence has hitherto preserved, in so...manner, for some important service to his country."* How well this prediction was verified, the subsequent history of Washington has shown. In this engagement... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856 - 501 strani
...protected." 4 " To the public," said Davies^ a learned divine, in the following month, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." " Who is Mr. Washington?"... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 strani
...tongue. Said Davis, a distinguished clergyman, in referring to this defeat in a sermon, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved, in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." A remarkable prophecy,... | |
 | george bancropt - 1856 - 496 strani
...protected." 4 " To the public," said Davies, a learned divine, in the following month, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington^ whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." " Who is Mr. Washington... | |
 | 1856 - 86 strani
...head of the nation ; as Rev. Samuel Davies expressed it, that " Providence has hitherto preserved him in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." The same expectation, becoming almost a premonition, has for years been general among the friends of... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 strani
...protected." " To the public," said Dovies, a learned divine, in the following month, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." "Who is Mr. Washington?"... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 strani
...eulogy on the bravery of the Virginia troops — " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...manner, for some important service to his country." Mr. Irving observes that the public confidence in Washington was the more creditable to the good sense... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1857 - 686 strani
...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 the foregoing sermon, was from 2d Saml. x. 12. "Be of good courage, and let us... | |
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