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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. "
Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing Anecdotes, Illustrative of ... - Page 29
by Horatio Hastings Weld - 1846 - 214 pages
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Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 pages
...occurs in a sermon preached on the 17th of August by the Rev. Samuel Davis, wherein he cites him as " that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...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...
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The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General ..., Volume 6

George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 792 pages
...sermon, which was published, in a note to which occurs the passage : " . . . . that heroic youth. Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...manner for some important service to his country." The first presbytery in Virginia was established through his exertions in 1755 ; and in 1758 he was...
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The new American cyclopędia, ed. by G. Ripley and C.A. Dana, Volume 6

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 in 1758 he was...
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The Illustrated Life of Washington ...: With Vivid Pen-paintings of Battles ...

J. T. Headley - 1859 - 530 pages
...sermon, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved, in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." A remarkable prophecy, as thus uttered from the pulpit. " Who," said Lord Halifax, in a letter to a...
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History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - Virginia - 1860 - 766 pages
...appended to this discourse, Davies said: " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...manner for some important service to his country. "f It is probable that Patrick Henry caught the spark of eloquence from Davies, as in his early youth,...
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History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - History - 1860 - 772 pages
...appended to this discourse, Davies said: "As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...manner for some important service to his country. "f It is probable that Patrick Henry caught the spark of eloquence from Davies, as in his early youth,...
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Guide to French translation

L. Contanseau - 1860 - 232 pages
...courage of the Virginians. " As a remarkable instance of this," said he, " I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...manner for some important service to his country." 214. There is another tradition also worthy of notice, which rests on the authority of one of the most...
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The Life of George Washington

Edward Everett - Generals - 1860 - 378 pages
...been manifested in the colony, added, "As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...manner, for some important service to his country." There is certainly something extraordinary in the brilliant reputation with which Washington, a young...
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History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - History - 1860 - 764 pages
...appended to this discourse, Davies said: "As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...signal a manner for some important service to his country."f It is probable that Patrick Henry caught the spark of eloquence from Davies, as in his early...
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History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - Virginia - 1860 - 790 pages
...appended to this discourse, Davies said: "As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...signal a manner for some important service to his country."f It is probable that Patrick Henry caught the spark of eloquence from Davies, as in his early...
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