 And his own land which he had so loved and labored for, sorrowed deeply for its loss. Congress adjourned at once, the Speaker's chair was draped in black, the Congressmen put on mourning; there were resolutions passed, and speeches made, and memorial...  George Washington - Seite 1731895Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - 1898 - 122 Seiten
...The Building of the Ship. HW Longfellow . . .403 LEXINGTON - 1775" SURRENDER OF CoRNWAuis-i7ai GEORGE WASHINGTON "First in war; first in peace; and first in the hearts of his countrymen." THE CAUSE OP THE REVOLUTION THE English Parliament tried to make the Americans pay a tax. The Parliament... | |
 | Julius Sterling Morton - 1911 - 822 Seiten
...be greeted by joyous and glad hearts, until the sun shall shine on a worldbound Republic." "'"George Washington— First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." "'"The Army and Navy of the U. 5.— Freedom's safe-guard." " ' " The President and acting vice-president... | |
 | Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - 1918 - 448 Seiten
...a leader of men : clearheaded, clean-hearted, great, and grand, and noble. LEXINGTON - 1775 GEORGE WASHINGTON First in war ; first in peace ; and first in the hearts of his countrymen." THE CAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION THE English Parliament tried to make the Americans pay a tax. The Parliament... | |
 | David Birdsall Corson, Hubert Ray Cornish - 1922 - 330 Seiten
...considered this journal so valuable that he had a copy made of it for each of the colonial governors. George Washington. "First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of his Countrymen." the hour. He was already a major on the governor's staff; he was made a colonel when he returned from his... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1886 - 360 Seiten
...Judge Marshall, instead of Colonel Henry Lee, the authorship of the well-known sentence concerning Washington : "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The correct reading of this familiar quotation is in doubt. Marshall, in his "Life of Washington " (Vol.... | |
 | Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Alumni Association - 1906 - 340 Seiten
...from the temptation with abhorrence. In conclusion he proposed a toast (which was drunk standing) to Washington: "First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The Pi Theta Punch was emblematic of the day, as it had on the top, a bright red cherry and a little hatchet.... | |
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