 | 1802 - 440 sidor
...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... | |
 | Walter Nichols - 1826 - 192 sidor
...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... | |
 | Karl Bernard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - 1828 - 478 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...services like these? Does he ask a diadem ? Does he lay his hand upon our national treasury ? Does lie claim to be emperor of the nation that has risen up...auspices.' No— although " first in war— first in peaco —first in the hearts of his countrymen,"— he sublimely retires to the peaceful occupations... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1833 - 608 sidor
...Does he lay his hand upon our national treasury ? Does he claim to be emperor of the nation that had risen up under his auspices? No — although " first...peaceful occupations of rural life, content with the honor of having been instrumental in achieving the independence, and securing the happiness of his... | |
 | Edward Thomas Coke - 1833 - 462 sidor
...which cemented the colonies to the mother country. On the pedestal is the following inscription : " First in War, First in Peace, First in the hearts of his Countrymen." It is intended to fill a vacant niche behind the figure, which formerly contained the arms of England,... | |
 | Edward Thomas Coke - 1833 - 568 sidor
...bond which cemented the colonies to the mother country. On the pedestal is the following inscription : "First in War, First in Peace, First in the hearts of his Countrymen." It is intended to fill a vacant niche behind the figure, which formerly contained the arms of England,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1835 - 358 sidor
...Does he lay his hand upon our national treasury ? Does he claim to be emperor of the nation that had risen up under his auspices? No. Although" first in...peaceful occupations of rural life, content with the honor of having been instrumental in achieving the independence, and securing the happiness of his... | |
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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. 
