 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 страници
...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?" asked Lord Halifax a few months later. " I know nothing of him," he added,... | |
 | george bancropt - 1856 - 496 страници
...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 ?" asked Lord Halifax a few months later. " I know nothing of him," he added,... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 страници
...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, as thus uttered from the pulpit. " Who," said Lord Halifax, in a letter to a... | |
 | 1856 - 86 страници
...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... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1857 - 686 страници
...engaged in this volunteer expedition as instances of it?" He then gives as an episode or note, saying, " I may point out to the public, that heroic youth,...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... | |
 | William Allen - 1857 - 930 страници
...August, on religion and patriotism the constituents of a good soldier ; in a note to which, he says : " I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Col....has hitherto preserved, in so signal a manner, for so me important service to his country." A similar sermon was preached to the militia May 8, 1759,... | |
 | 1857 - 534 страници
...prophecy made by the preacher, and appended in a note : " I may point out to the public," said he, " that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot...manner, for some important service to his country." How fully that prophecy was fulfilled let all subsequent history prove ; let the thousands who annually... | |
 | William Allen - 1857 - 926 страници
...August, on religion and patriotism the constituents of a good soldier ; in a note to which, he says : " I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Col....Providence has hitherto preserved, in so signal a manner,for some important service to his country." A similar sermon was preached to the militia May... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 страници
...Virginia troops — " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 544 страници
...Washington, whom I cannot but * Sparks. Writings of "Washington, vol. ii., p. 161, not*. hope Providence lias hitherto preserved in so signal a 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... | |
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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. 
