 | Julia Ann Clark Shedd - 1881 - 392 strani
...twelve feet iu height, is of New England granite, and bears upon the front and sides the inscription : " First in war : First in peace : First in the hearts of his countrymen." The statue has been the subject of much unjust as well as ignorant criticism, but it has also had appreciative... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1881 - 682 strani
...previously set apart for tho purpose of paying the most solemn funeral honors to the memory of tho man " first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," General George Washington. friend, General Washington, that good and great man, who was not only the... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1882 - 582 strani
...command. As a fitting introduction to it we give a brief memoir of the " Father of his Country," " first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," the immortal Washington ; using that as a kind of thread on which to string some facts and thoughts... | |
 | Joseph West Moore - 1884 - 318 strani
...pedestal is inscribed with the famous eulogy on Washington, uttered by Gov. Henry Lee, of Virginia : " First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." At the foot of Capitol Hill, near the main entrance to the western park, is the Naval Monument, or... | |
 | 1890 - 436 strani
...home and tomb at Mt. Vernon. Flag of United States. Motto in ornamental letters on black board : — " First in war ; first in peace ; first in the hearts of his countrymen." Sketches on the blackboard : — Home of boyhood ; Headquarters at Cambridge ; Headquarters at Newburgh.... | |
 | Stilson Hutchins, Joseph West Moore - 1885 - 368 strani
...hand pointing toward heaven and with his left holding a sheathed sword. The pedestal is inscribed, " First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." On the western grounds of the Capitol, near the steps which lead to the upper terrace, is a large bronze... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1885 - 390 strani
...o'er-rushing cloud, And dashed the beauteous terror on the ground, Smiling majestic ;" the other, he who, "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," has been called by an English writer " the greatest of good men, and the best of great men," and of... | |
 | Henry King Carroll, William Pope Harrison, J. H. Bayliss - 1885 - 568 strani
...plainly kept. Three constables and fourteen watchmen were its police. No monument yet rose to him, " first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." No Fort McHenry adorned and guarded the harbor. And it would be yet thirty years before the captive... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - 1885 - 1136 strani
...laugh provoked at his expense. Carpenter concluded with an eloquent allusion to General Grant, as one first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen and of all mankind. When Elaine finally took the floor it was soon evident that he had studied the... | |
 | 1886 - 218 strani
...doubtful whether Washington, while living, could have accepted the title, now so freely granted, of " first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." Wit, benevolence, and good nature associate together harmoniously ; but the moment that pride and vanity... | |
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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. 
