Mr. Speaker: The melancholy event which was yesterday announced with doubt, has been rendered but too certain. Our WASHINGTON is no more \ The Hero, the Sage, and the Patriot of America — the man on whom in times of danger every eye was turned and all... The Life of George Washington - Page 539by Jared Sparks - 1839 - 562 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Henry Davenport Adams - Command of troops - 434 pages
...but too certain. Our Washington is no more ! The hero, the sage, and the patriot of America — the man on whom, in times of danger. every eye was, turned...affectionate and afflicted people If, sir, it had not been usual openly to testify respect for the memory of those whom Heaven had selected as its instruments... | |
| Washington Irving - American literature - 1857 - 410 pages
...to the House. tain. Our Washington is no more ! The hero, the patriot, and the sage of America ; the man on whom in times of danger every eye was turned,...for the memory of those whom Heaven has selected as itsinstruments for dispensing good to man, yet such has been the uncommon worth, and such the extraordinary... | |
| Elbridge Streeter Brooks - United States - 1899 - 418 pages
...rendered but too certain. Our Washington is no more I The hero, the patriot, the sage of America, the man on whom in times of danger every eye was turned...hearts of an affectionate • and afflicted people." Then, in a few brief, eloquent words, heavy with sorrow and filled with reverent appreciation, Marshall... | |
| Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the State of New York - 1900 - 690 pages
...rendered all too certain. Our Washington is no more ! The hero, the patriot, and the sage of America, the man on whom in times of danger every eye was turned...the hearts of an affectionate and afflicted people." Both Houses of Congress adopted appropriate resolutions, and in the one embodied that "there should... | |
| Mrs. Lillian Ione Rhoades MacDowell - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1900 - 396 pages
...in the House of Representatives by John Marshall, who said : " Our Washington is no more ; he lives only in his own great actions and in the hearts of an affectionate and afflicted people. More than any other individual, and as much as to individual was possible, has he contributed to found... | |
| Ralph Earl Prime - 1902 - 58 pages
...the brightest constellation in yonder heavens shall be called by his and the sage of America ; the man on whom in times of danger every eye was turned, and all hopes were placed, lives now only in his great actions, and in the hearts of an affectionate and afflicted people. If, sir, it had not been... | |
| Ralph Earl Prime - 1903 - 56 pages
...the brightest constellation in yonder heavens shall be called by his and the sage of America ; the man on whom in times of danger every eye was turned, and all hopes were placed, lives now only in his great actions, and in the hearts of an affectionate and afflicted people. If, sir, it had not been... | |
| Agnes Mawson - 1905 - 206 pages
...nations and secured immortal glory with posterity. The hero, the sage and the patriot of America — the man on whom in times of danger every eye was turned and all hopes were placed, lives now in his own great actions, and in the hearts of an affectionate people. More than any other individual... | |
| Ruth Hairston Early - Jamestown (Va.) - 1907 - 454 pages
...and the patriot of America — the man on whom in times of danger, every i Applied to Andrew Jackson. eye was turned and all hopes were placed, lives now...hearts of an affectionate and afflicted people. "If it had not been usual, openly to testify respect for the memory of those whom heaven had selected as... | |
| John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1914 - 408 pages
...but too certain. Our Washington is no more! The Hero, the Sage, and the Patriot of America — the man on whom, in times of danger, every eye was turned,...affectionate and afflicted people. If, Sir, it had not been usual openly to testify respect for the memory of those whom Heaven had selected as its instruments... | |
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