 | William Allen - Biography - 1857 - 926 pages
...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... | |
 | Literature - 1857 - 534 pages
...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...so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." How fully that prophecy was fulfilled let all subsequent history prove ; let the thousands... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 pages
...Virginia troops — " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." Mr. Irving observes that the public confidence in Washington was the more creditable... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1857 - 544 pages
...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... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - Baptists - 1858 - 672 pages
...a note to which he alludes prophetically to Washington — " That heroic youth," says he, ''Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." On another occasion, he preaehed a Sermon to the Militia of Hanover County, with a view... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - Baptists - 1858 - 684 pages
...note to which he alludes prophetically to Washington — " That heroic youth," says he, i; Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." On another occasion, he preached a Sermon to the Militia of Hanover County, with a view... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 814 pages
...Braddock preached a sermon, which was published, in a note to which occurs the passage : " . . . . that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot...in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." The first presbytery in Virginia was established through his exertions in 1755 ; and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 pages
...on the 17th of August by the Rev. Samuel Davis, wherein he cites him as " that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...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;... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1859 - 790 pages
...to which occurs the passage : " . . . . that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hopo Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." The first presbytery in Virginia was established through his exertions in 1755 ; and... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1850 - 628 pages
...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,...in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." Doct. Davis' text, in Ihe foregoing sermon, was from 2d Saml. x. 12. "Be of good courage,... | |
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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. 
