 | Obadiah Rich - America - 1846 - 530 pages
...Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 38. At pp. 12, speaks of " that heroic youth Colonel Washington, who I cannot hut hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." 25 A LETTER from a gentleman in London to his friend in Pennsylvania ; with a satire... | |
 | Charles Campbell - History - 1847 - 224 pages
...1755,] before Capt. Overton's company of Independent volunteers, raised in Hanover county, 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 hitherto preserved in so signal a manner... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1847 - 574 pages
...patriotic spirit and military ardor, which had begun to manifest themselves, the preacher adds, — "Asa remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that VOL. II. 12 H* TO ROBERT JACKSON. Mount Vernon, 2 August, 1755. DEAR SIR, I must acknowledge you had... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1847 - 720 pages
...patriotic spirit and military ardor, which had begun to manifest themselves, the preacher adds, — "Asa remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that Mount Vernon, 2 August, 1755. DEAR SIR, I must acknowledge you had great reason to be terrified at... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1848 - 498 pages
...said he, " 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...so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." Sacred eloquence, in revolutionary times, is the chief conservative of order and the... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.) - 1848 - 32 pages
...on his return, " point out to the public that heroic youth , Colonel Washington, whom," says he, " I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved...in so signal a manner for some important service to the country." And not less natural or less striking was the testimony of the Indian chief, who told... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1848 - 536 pages
...encouraging fact, that God had " diffused some sparks of martial fire through the country," said he, " 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,... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1849 - 512 pages
...of Britain from Popery and «.avery, and the scourge of France and her haughty Grand Monarque. § As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to...so signal a manner, for some important service to bis country. I need not tell you that it is of great importance for this end that you should be at... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1851 - 582 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...so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." " The celebrated "Patrick Henry," says Dr. Green, " is known to have spoken in terms... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - Clergy - 1849 - 490 pages
...praising the zeal and courage 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 Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner... | |
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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. 
