 | Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 410 Seiten
...was the first chaplain of the Continental Congress. That honor belongs 10 Rev. Jacob Ihiche. GEORGE WASHINGTON. FIRST IN WAR — FIRST IN PEACE — FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN — was a just sentiment uttered half a century ago by the foster-son1 of the ' Great Patriot, when... | |
 | Frederic Townsend - 1856 - 304 Seiten
...triumphs, his wise laws, his innumerable benefactions to art and letters, more happily described. ' First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.' Never shall I forget the tone and manner in which these words were uttered, or the modest way in which... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 Seiten
...WASHINGTON. 483 One still living, who when a child saw him often, thus remembers him : — •* " ' First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen,' he was, is, and ever will remain. It is something, it is much, and it will be more, even to have seen... | |
 | 1857 - 498 Seiten
...military hat had the 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... | |
 | John Richter Jones - 1858 - 590 Seiten
...among some of the purest patriots of the day — the constitutional monarchy, like England, with the " First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," as the first king — the root of an American dynasty. The hour of five had been fixed on for the march,... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1858 - 356 Seiten
...mansion, where the sweetness of domestic love and the quiet of rural pursuits solaced him who was " first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." We have G stood by his tomb. It was touching to see my dear grandfather, his venerable head uncovered,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 348 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 woman... | |
 | Károly Nendtvich - 1858 - 586 Seiten
...baljával a római kardot nyujtja, mig jobbjával az égre mutat. A talapzaton ezen felirás olvasható : „First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his country men. "(Első a harczban, első a békében, első honosi szivében.) Innen az épület egész... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 Seiten
...testify like reverence for the home and tomb of one who was more than hero, more than sage — who was " First in War, first in Peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen?" -A.QE3STTS W A. 1ST TE 3D . School Teachers, professional men, and young men from the country are wanted... | |
 | 1859 - 886 Seiten
...like reverence for the home and tomb of one who was more than hero, more than sage — who was ' ' First in War, first in Peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen ?" CROTÓN AVATER AND ITS INHABITANTS. I DONT believe a word of it. " " Perhaps you don't; but it's... | |
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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. 
