 | 1872 - 592 pagina’s
...Washington, and also under a clock with a bronze statue of him, I once saw in America — " First in in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." PAL HENKY INCH (4th S. ix. 75.) — -The information required is given at pp. 13-29, vol. i. of Conolly's... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1874 - 648 pagina’s
...experience which has been my lot. Yes, fellow-citizens, had this test prevailed in the earlier days, Washington — first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen — could not have been created Generalissimo of the American forces; Jefferson could not have taken... | |
 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 pagina’s
...the humblest citizen, may all be summed up in that grand apotheosis of eulogy, namely, that he was " FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE, FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF His COUNTRYMEN." It will be of interest, however, in this place, to glance at the estimate of Washington held by some... | |
 | 1877 - 814 pagina’s
...calamity ; the loss cf a man was never more deeply felt or more sincerely mourned than was that of George Washington — " First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." GENERAL LAFAYETTE. ARIE Jean Paul Roch Yoes Gilbert Metier Lafayette, a French Marquis and statesman,... | |
 | 1921 - 494 pagina’s
...this very city of Philadelphia, who delivered a funeral elegy on Washington in which he called him "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens." I may add here that there was no kin between Charles Lee and the Lees of Virginia,... | |
 | William Banks Slaughter - 1878 - 318 pagina’s
...appointed Chief Justice of the United States. They express the public sorrow at the loss of him who was " first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow citizens." This expression is repeated in the funeral oration pronounced by Gen. Lee at the... | |
 | Mark Sibley Severance - 1878 - 538 pagina’s
...known. " Of course I am ! " said Goldie, the provoker. " You never knew a fellow like me before, — first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his country's cousins ! " "I'm sorry for the cousins," said Ellen, with mock gravity. " But, George dear,... | |
 | Charles William Adam Tait - 1878 - 236 pagina’s
...Independence. 1775—1782. Pp. 754—758. a George Washington commander of the colonial army. " The man first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow-countrymen." b The battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775, and siege of Boston by the colonists.... | |
 | Richard Taylor - 1879 - 288 pagina’s
...but it is only by studying the campaigns of great commanders that the art of war can be illustrated. Nevertheless, from the moment Lee succeeded to the...united voice of the South, applied to his noble son. 7 Foregoing criticisms have indicated the tendency of engineer service to unfit men for command. It... | |
 | Richard Taylor - 1879 - 296 pagina’s
...great commanders that the art of war can be illustrated/] Nevertheless, from the moment Lee succeedea to the command of the army in Virginia, he was facile...united voice of the South, applied to his noble son?-] 7 — ' Foregoing criticisms have indicated the tendency of engineer service to unfit men for command.... | |
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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. 
