 | 1840 - 544 Seiten
...voice was raised to contradict Lee, when, in announcing his death to C ongress, he styled him " the first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen !" What patriot of our country has descended to the tomb, without being followed there by the homage... | |
 | Ebenezer Smith Thomas - 1840 - 312 Seiten
...visiting Mount Vernon, pencilled upon the doorpost of the lone tomb which contained the remains of the ' first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen,' the following words : " BLUSH, OH AMERICANS, THAT THE TOMB OF YOUH WASHINGTON, AFFORDS NOT A SMOOTH... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1840 - 64 Seiten
...mother of Washington teaching her boy those sublime lessons, which, by the grace of God, made him " first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen ;" Patrick Henry, denouncing the tyranny of Britain, in the 36 Virginia council house; the patriot-mother... | |
 | 1843 - 604 Seiten
...divided from the repose of home, hastened 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 worfian... | |
 | James Grahame - 1845 - 536 Seiten
...Washington," said General Henry Lee, on learning his death (and all America reechoed the declaration), " was first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." His popu.larity, however, .was not always uninterrupted. During his secJond presidency, it was deemed,... | |
 | 1846 - 392 Seiten
...woman filled the place assigned her with dignity, and seemed a fit partner for him who was pronounced " first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." Caves. HE variety of caves, in different parts of the world, would afford materials for a curious chapter.... | |
 | 1848 - 796 Seiten
...how would they have oxulted. What would have been the feelings of that illustrious Brother, " who was first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," as he led his faithful men through the mountain gorges to the Monongahela, could his vision rested... | |
 | John Seely Stone - 1848 - 666 Seiten
...face bears lines of deep grief strongly marked. Every voice sighs, ' Washington is no more.' The man ' first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen,' descended to the tomb of his ancestors on the 15th of December, 1799 ; and Congress have recommended... | |
 | 1849 - 340 Seiten
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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. 
