 | 1812 - 438 էջ
...said, that all u ho heard him thrubUed with responsive feelings of gratitude and veneration for him, who was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The sudden change and ihreating aspect of the ivca-, ther occasioned the company to dis perse at an early... | |
 | John Codman - 1834 - 456 էջ
...well as universal consent, was appointed to lead the American army in their arduous struggle — he, who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, THE ILLUSTRIOUS WASHINGTON, was no less distinguished for his piety, than his valor. His ever ready acknowledgment... | |
 | James Kirke Paulding - 1835 - 294 էջ
...our wide-spreading empire, and to give to the Western World independence and freedom" — " that he was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The courage of Washington was both morally and physically perfect. It was that of sentiment and nerve ;... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1845 - 230 էջ
...to the veteran statesman. But a yet greater design is now in agitation — that of a monument to Him who was " First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The subject has for a long while occupied the mind of our New York sculptor, and the visitor, who was admitted... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 220 էջ
...acceptance of your very liberal and polite offer of a stone coffin, as a depository for the remains of him " WHO WAS FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE, AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN." The manner of making your offer, the delicacy with which it is proffered, forbids a refusal to accept it;... | |
 | 1848 - 400 էջ
...the name of Martha Washington—the beloved and honored wife of the Father of his country ; of him who was " first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The distinction was an enviable one, which made her the chosen of his heart, and the sharer of his fame;... | |
 | 1858 - 784 էջ
...on this wide earth is there another spot encircled with the interest which invests the tomb of him who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen? The mansion situated some two or three hundred yards from the tomb presents us with much that is interesting.... | |
 | James R. Creecy - 1860 - 306 էջ
...had long felt it my duty to make a pilgrimage to the holy and sacred home and restingplace of the man "who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The man to whom we are most indebted for "Liberty, Independence, and Happiness." The man who presided so... | |
 | James R. Creecy - 1860 - 312 էջ
...had long felt it my duty to make a pilgrimage to the holy and sacred home and restingplace of the man "who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The man to whom we are most indebted for "Liberty, Independence, and Hap264 I MOUNT VERNOX — THE MECCA... | |
 | 1862 - 764 էջ
...national capital, Congress declared that national honors should be paid to " the memory of the MAN who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The Senate declared that, " on such an occasion" it was manly to weep. To lose such a man at such a crisis,... | |
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first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. 
