...parish, 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...

...following month, " I point o\jt that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I csnnot 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,...

...said, in Bllusion to Colonel Washington, '• 1 can not but hope Providence has hitherto preserved km in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." Washington wu never wounded in battle. • Movements of Forbes. Defeat of Grant Attack on Bouquet....

...said, in allusion to Colonel Washington, '' I can not but hope Providence has hitherto preserved him 9} Baw 7 e , C N Washington was never wounded in battle. Movements of Forbes. Defeat of Grant. Attack on Bouquet. Abandonment...

...remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom 1 cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved...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...

...sentence of Davit's where, speaking of that heroic youth, he adds : ' whom I can not lint bone flint Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country' — but even the Indians were persuaded that he wns under the special guardianship of the flreat Spirit...

...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,...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 e$timation in which the character...

...eulogy on the bravery of the Virginian troops, — "As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for gome important service to his country." When another army was to be raised for frontier service, the...

...Constituents of a Good Soldier," he prophetically " points out to the public that heroic youth. Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope "Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some imi>ortant service to his country," and a third addressed to the Militia of Hanover «Dr. .1. F. Steams's...

...youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but * Sparks. Writings of Washington, yoL ii., p. 161, note. hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal...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...