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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. "
American Quarterly Review - Page 15
1827
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Introduction to the History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - History - 1847 - 224 pages
...company of Independent volunteers, raised in Hanover county, said : " 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." § During the French and Indian wars, Davies often employed his eloquence in animating the patriotism...
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Orators of the American Revolution

Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1848 - 492 pages
...diffused some sparks of martial fire through the country," said he, "as a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to. the public that heroic youth,...manner, for some important service to his country." Sacred eloquence, in revolutionary times, is the chief conservative of order and the grand solace of...
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Oration Pronounced by the Honorable Robert C. Winthrop: Speaker of the House ...

Robert Charles Winthrop - Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.) - 1848 - 32 pages
...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...
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The Clergy of America: Anecdotes Illustrative of the Character of Ministers ...

Joseph Belcher - Clergy - 1849 - 490 pages
...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. The fruits of this devoted minister of Christ were not...
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Sermons on Important Subjects, Volume 1

Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1851 - 582 pages
...God had ' diffused some sparks of martial fire through the country,'] I may point out," said he, " to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington,...manner, for some important service to his country." " The celebrated "Patrick Henry," says Dr. Green, " is known to have spoken in terms of enthusiasm...
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Sermons on Important Subjects, Volume 3

Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1849 - 512 pages
...Monarque. § As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public, that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...so signal a manner, for some important service to bis country. I need not tell you that it is of great importance for this end that you should be at...
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The Clergy of America: Anecdotes Illustrative of the Character of Ministers ...

Joseph Belcher - Clergy - 1849 - 1188 pages
...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 Washington, whom I cannot but * liote farther, then, summoning all her resolution, *h« threw h*neif forward, MM) was received safely...
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Works, Volume 8

Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 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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Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Volume 1

William Henry Foote - Virginia - 1850 - 582 pages
...this sermon is this remarkable sentence — " I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...in so signal a manner, for some important service." In the midst of these agitating scenes, the activity of Mr. Davies, in his ministerial duties, was...
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The International monthly magazine of literature, science, and art

586 pages
...been protected.' ' To the public,' said Davis, a learned divine, in the following month, ' 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.' ' Who is Mr. Washington...
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