 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
 | Edward Everett - 1860 - 520 sivua
...the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability and expectation ; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side." His remarkable preservation,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 668 sivua
...under him, and four bullets passed through his coat "Writing of this to his brother, he remarked, " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...protected beyond all human probability or expectation, * * * although death was leveling my companions ou every side." * Note 1, page 168. See picture on... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1850 - 628 sivua
...John, that he has not been killed, as had been before reported in a circumstantial account. He added, " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...protected beyond all human probability or expectation, while death was levelling my companions on every side." Such remarkable perils, and such acknowledgments... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 492 sivua
...dispensations of Providence, I have been pKtectcd beyond all human probability, or expectation ; for I bad 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 ! " We have been most scandalously beaten... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1860 - 528 sivua
...which he was exposed, nor of the Power by which it was averted. In a letter to his brother, he says, " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability and expectation ; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped... | |
 | 1862 - 970 sivua
...all-pov;erful ditpentativni of providence," he say», when giving an account of Braddock's defeat, " I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation ; for I had four bulléis through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, while death was levelling... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 874 sivua
...and comrade Dr. Oraik, "to see him fall." In a letter written by himself to his brother, he says : " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...through my coat and two horses shot under me, yet I 246 247 escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my 'companions on every side." His fellow aid,... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 898 sivua
...and comrade Pr. Craik, "to see him fall." In a letter written by himself to his brother, he says : " By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I...through my coat and two horses shot under me, yet I GEORGE WASHINGTON 247 escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side." His... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - 1867 - 834 sivua
...especially to Washington. In a letter to his brother Augustine he says : " By the all-powerful dispensation of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human...expectation ; for I had four bullets through my coat, two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt., though death was levelling my companions on every side... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - 1868 - 890 sivua
...especially to Washington. In a letter to his brother Augustine he says : " By the all-powerful dispensation of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human...expectation ; for I had four bullets through my coat, two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side... | |
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