 | Virginia - 1913 - 442 pages
...'s defeat. After complimenting the bravery that had been shown by the Virginia troops, he said, "As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colone'l Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved in so signal a manner for some... | |
 | Virginia - 1913 - 432 pages
...Braddock's defeat. After complimenting the bravery that had been shown by the Virginia troops, he said, "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 preserved in so signal a manner for some... | |
 | United States - 1913 - 436 pages
...Braddock's defeat. After complimenting the bravery that had been shown by the Virginia troops, he said, "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 preserved in so signal a manner for some... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1915 - 362 pages
...College, used these words in an address a few weeks after the Braddock defeat: That heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...in so signal a manner for some important service to his country. Escape from a Marriage The next apparently providential intervention in the affairs of... | |
 | Jasper Leonidas McBrien - Patriotism - 1916 - 302 pages
...eye of Samuel Davies has now pointed him out as "that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I carr but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country;" and soon the prophecy is fulfilled. The same year he is in command of the Virginia frontier... | |
 | Edwin Mark Norris - Princeton University - 1917 - 322 pages
...After Braddock's defeat in 1775 he wrote: "I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...in so signal a manner for some important service." Himself an accomplished orator, Davies introduced public speaking for his seniors, a practice which... | |
 | Charles McClellan Stevens - 1917 - 222 pages
...needs of the colonies, and then spoke of "that heroic youth, Colonel George Washington, whom I can not but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." CHAPTER VII THE FATE OF THE OHIO VALLEY L FRONTIER FEARS AND PANICS THERE was an abundance... | |
 | Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Inc, Theodore Brockton De Vinne - 1919 - 104 pages
...was not killed, having had two horses shot from under him, is referred to in a note on p. 9 — "as a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, COL. WASHINGTON, ichom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner, for some important... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1921 - 304 pages
...of Princeton College, spoke of him in a sermon as "that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I can but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." It was a prophetic voice, and Washington was not disobedient to the message. Chosen to... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1921 - 304 pages
...of Princeton College, spoke of him in a sermon as "that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I can but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." It was a prophetic voice, and Washington was not disobedient to the message. Chosen to... | |
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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. 
