| George Washington - 1837 - 644 pagina’s
...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...manner for some important service to his country." This was but the echo of the general voice, and it is a proof of the high estimation in which the character... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 658 pagina’s
...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...manner for some important service to his country." This was but the echo of the general voice, and it is a proof of the high estimation in which the character... | |
| Mason Locke Weems - 1837 - 246 pagina’s
...Braddock's defeat, has these remarkable words— " 1bsg leave to point the attention oj the public to that heroic youth Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved for some great service to this country ! .'*' BUT though the American writers have prettyunanimously... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1839 - 632 pagina’s
...Prediction • ™ i °fWs fulore 1 may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel career. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...manner for some important service to his country." This was but the echo of the general voice, and it is a proof of the high estimation in which the character... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1839 - 666 pagina’s
...this, Prediction r ' of his future I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel career. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...manner for some important service to his country." This was but the echo of the general voice, and it is a proof of the high estimation in which the character... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1840 - 354 pagina’s
...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...manner for some important service to his country." This was but the echo of the general voice, and it is a proof of the high estimation in which the character... | |
| Guizot (M., François) - 1840 - 216 pagina’s
...Davies, who, in praising the courage of the Virginians, exclaimed, " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel...manner for some important service to his country." f It is also related, that fifteen years af* Washington's Writings, Vol. II. p. 97. t August 17th,... | |
| Mason Locke Weems - 1840 - 256 pagina’s
...Braddock's defeat, has these remarkable words — " I beg leave to point the attention of the public to that heroic youth Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved for some great service to this country ! !" But though the American writers have pretty unanimously... | |
| John Gorham Palfrey - 1840 - 468 pagina’s
...eminent clergyman printed a discourse, in which he expressed the "hope, that Providence had preserved him in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." * These were his words. The event fulfilled that hope, and caused its early expression to be a subject... | |
| John Gorham Palfrey - 1840 - 468 pagina’s
...eminent clergyman printed a discourse, in which he expressed the "hope, that Providence had preserved him in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." * These were his words. The event fulfilled that hope, and caused its early expression to be a subject... | |
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