| John Quincy Adams - 1825 - 32 pages
...him in such high and bold relief before his country as to unite all voices—if there be one who is first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen; then the people will, under the proposed system, have an opportunity to pay homage to his... | |
| 1839 - 512 pages
...arranged in order along the whole length of each side. As we approached the natural monument of him who was '' first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," the music ceased, and we could not help fancying ourselves in the vaulted resting-place... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 pages
...( Three Уеагя, £rc., vol. ip 363.) 1481. Mount Vernon teas the к at of General Washington, " first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." This noble residence is situated on the banks of the Potomac ; a magnificent river, which... | |
| 1839 - 510 pages
...arranged in order along the whole length of each side. As we approached the natural monument of him who was '' first in peace, first In war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," the music ceased, and we could not help fancying ourselves in the vaulted resting-place... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1839 - 348 pages
...the " Pater patriae" to be graven on his statue: he, if any one, was worthy of the golden praise, " First in peace, First in war, and First in the hearts of his countrymen." The home government of Washington was eminently one not of force but of persuasion ; like... | |
| 1846 - 390 pages
...nurseries may now be found at Baltimore. Mount Vernon, on the Potomac, \vas the seat of Gen. Washington, " first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The extent of this place is about ten thousand acres, much of which is yet covered with... | |
| George Drought Warburton, Bartholomew Elliott G. Warburton - 1846 - 728 pages
...Democratic. In Washington was embodied one, in Jefferson the other. Washington stands among Americans " first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Jefferson was his treacherous enemy. Jefferson disclaimed alike reverence for the past... | |
| George Warburton - 1846 - 384 pages
...Democratic. In Washington was embodied one, in Jefferson the other. Washington stands among Americans " first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Jefferson was his treacherous enemy. Jefferson disclaimed alike reverence for the past... | |
| Edward Hazen Parker - 1851 - 694 pages
...bodies and institutions of the country in rendering their profound reverence to the memory of him who was " first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen :" Ba it therefore resolved, That a committee of five be appointed, whose duty it shall... | |
| 1852 - 746 pages
...will you follow the advice of him, the Anniversary of whose birth we this day celebrate, of him who was first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen? Will you seek to promote the spread of religion and good morals — will you advance the... | |
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