 I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side of me...  Washington - Sivu 47tekijä(t) François Guizot - 1840 - 230 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 574 sivua
...opportunity of contradicting the first, and of assuring you, that I have not as yet composed the latter. But, by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...although death was levelling my companions on every side of me ! We have been most scandalously beaten by a trifling body of men, but fatigue and want of time... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 574 sivua
...killed in the field, where died many other brave officers. I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me. Captains Orme and Morris, two of the aids-de-camp, were wounded early in the engagement, which rendered... | |
 | George Washington - 1834 - 574 sivua
...killed in the field, where died many other brave officers. I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me. Captains Orme and Morris, two of the aids-de-camp, were wounded early in the engagement, which rendered... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 432 sivua
...Braddock's defeat, he says, in reference to his own wonderful preservation on that memorable occasion : "By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence I...have been protected beyond all human probability, or * We shall mainly rely upon his " Writings," as recently edited and published by J. Sparks. expectation... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 654 sivua
...sharp-shooters. "By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence," said he, in a letter to his brother, "I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." So bloody a contest... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 658 sivua
...sharp-shooters. "By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence," said he, in a letter to his brother, "I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." So bloody a contest... | |
 | George Washington - 1837 - 644 sivua
...sharp-shooters. " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence," said he, in a letter to his brother, "I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." So bloody a contest... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 650 sivua
...sharp-shooters. "By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence," said he, in a letter to his brother, "I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." So bloody a contest... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 666 sivua
...sharp-shooters. " By the all powerful dispensations of Providence," said he, in a letter to his brother, " I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me." So bloody a contest... | |
 | 1839 - 648 sivua
...sharp-shooters. ' By the allpowerful dispensations of Providence,' said he, in a letter to his brother, ' I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me.' So bloody a contest... | |
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