 | 1802 - 440 էջ
...military hat was a black cockade. There stood the father of his country, acknowledged by nations ' the first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.' No marshals with gold-colored scarfs ; no cheering. The most profound stillness greeted him, as if... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1823 - 428 էջ
...Does he lay his hand upon our national treasury ? Does he claim to be emperor of the nation that has risen up under his auspices ? No — although " first...peaceful occupations of rural life, content with the honour of having been instrumental in achieving the independence, and securing the happiness of his... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1825 - 450 էջ
...Does he lay his hand upon our national treasury ? Does he claim to be emperor of the nation that has risen up under his auspices ? No — although " first...peaceful occupations of rural life, content with the honour of having been instrumental in achieving the independence, and securing the happiness of his... | |
 | Walter Nichols - 1826 - 192 էջ
...eclat, which might have been expected would have attended the anniversary of the birth of him, who was first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. It has arisen, we presume, from that distinguishing trait in the American character, a genuine republican... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1827 - 328 էջ
...Does he lay his hand upon our national treasury ? Does he claim to be emperor of the nation that has risen up under his auspices? No — although "first...peaceful occupations of rural life, content with the honour of having been instrumental in achieving the independence, and securing the happiness of his... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1828 - 328 էջ
....' Does he claim to be emperor of the nation that has risen up under his auspices ? No—although " first in war — first in peace — first in the hearts...peaceful occupations of rural life, content with the honour of baring been instrumental in achieving the independence, and securing t he happiness of his... | |
 | Karl Bernard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - 1828 - 478 էջ
...statue, the size of life of President WASHINGTON; on the pedestal is the following inscription : " First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." • [The library of the American Philosophical Society is one of the most valuable collections in the... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 228 էջ
...from the repose of his home, hasted, with filial reverence, to ask his mother's blessing. The hero, " First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," came to lay his laurels at her feet who had first sown their seeds in his soul. This venerable woman... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1833 - 472 էջ
...upon your patience. Permit me only to mention a few. There was Washington, towering above the rest, " first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his country men. "t There was Lafayette, his adopted son, who has justly been named the hero of both worlds.... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1832 - 322 էջ
...Does he lay his hand upon our national treasury ? Does lie claim to be emperor of the nation that has risen up under his auspices.' No— although " first in war— first in peaco —first in the hearts of his countrymen,"— he sublimely retires to the peaceful occupations... | |
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First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799. 
