But, by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability, or expectation ; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions... Leadership Paradigms in Chaplaincy - Page 26by Joel Graves - 2007 - 232 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 402 pages
...dispensations of Providence," wrote Washington himself to his venerated parent, after Braddock's defeat, " I have been protected beyond all human probability...bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me ; yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." Well did the... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 788 pages
...dispensations of Providence," wrote Washington himself to his venerated parent, after Braddock's defeat, « I have been protected beyond all human probability...bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me ; yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." Well did the... | |
| George Washington - 1852 - 464 pages
...until I have the happiness of seeing you at Mount Vernon, which I now most ardently wish for." yond all human probability or expectation ; for I had four...bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me ! Thus ended the... | |
| Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 946 pages
...hi* brother, he remarked, " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been pro teeted beyond all human probability or expectation ; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses sbot under mo, •ml escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companion! on every side of me."... | |
| Edward N. Marks - 1854 - 394 pages
...bravery. After one of the engagements he had with the French, which was very severe, he thus wrote to his brother : — " By the all-powerful dispensations...bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me ; yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." Washington's... | |
| Eli Bowen - Mines and mineral resources - 1854 - 526 pages
...opportunity of contradicting the first, and of assuring you that I have not yet composed the latter. But, by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...bullets through my coat,* and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me 1" Arrived at our... | |
| William Bromwell - Locomotives - 1854 - 208 pages
...opportunity of contradicting the first, and of assuring you that I have not yet composed the latter. But, by the all-powerful dispensations 'of Providence,...bullets through my coat,* and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me !" Arrived at our... | |
| Robert Sears - United States - 1854 - 668 pages
...felt and acknowledged this, and •aid in a letter to his brother : ' By the all-powerful dispensation of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human...; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two liorses shot under me; yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side... | |
| Eli Bowen - Mines and mineral resources - 1854 - 528 pages
...that I have not yet composed the latter. But, by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I havs been protected beyond all human probability or expectation...bullets through my coat,* and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me !" Arrived at our... | |
| Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1855 - 566 pages
...opportunity of contradicting the first, and of assuring you that I have not composed the latter. But, by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side of me ! "We have been most... | |
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