 | Robert Sears - 1876 - 664 páginas
...on the pedestal is the following inscription, written by Mr. Madison : — "George Washington. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia have...of his country, has rendered his name dear to his fellowcitizens, and given the world an immortal example of true glory. Done in the year of Christ one... | |
 | Robert Templeman Craighill - 1880 - 370 páginas
...be of the finest marble and best workmanship, with the following inscription on its pedestal: "The general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia have...of his country, has rendered his name dear to his fellow-citizens, and given the world an immortal example of true glory." The beautiful work of art,... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1880 - 224 páginas
...plough. The inscription on the pedestal, which was written by James Madison, is as follows : " The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia have...of his country, has rendered his name dear to his fellow-citizens, and given the world an immortal Example of true Glory." The figure has been pronounced... | |
 | Robert Templeman Craighill - 1880 - 378 páginas
...be of the finest marble and best workmanship, with the following inscription on its pedestal: "The general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia have...affection and gratitude to GEORGE WASHINGTON, who, unitirig to the endowments of the HERO, the virtues of the PATRIOT, and exerting both in establishing... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1882 - 556 páginas
...Washington, to be of the finest marble and best workmanship, with this inscription on its pedestal : "The general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia have...affection and gratitude to George Washington, who, to the endowments of the hero uniting the virtues of the patriot, and exerting both in establishing... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1883 - 366 páginas
...completion of the work. Mr. Madison wrote the inscription which the statue bore : "The General Assembly of Virginia have caused this statue to be erected...of his country, has ren,dered his name dear to his fellow-citizens, and given to the world an immortal example of true glory." How simple, how true, how... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 610 páginas
...Washington, to be of the finest marble and best workmanship, with this inscription on its pedestal: " The general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia have...affection and gratitude to George Washington, who, to the endowments of the hero uniting the virtues of the patriot, and exerting both in establishing... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1885 - 616 páginas
...Washington, to be of the finest marble and best workmanship, with this inscription on its pedestal : " The general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia have...affection and gratitude to George Washington, who, to the endowments of the hero uniting the virtues of the patriot, and exerting both in establishing... | |
 | 1887 - 530 páginas
...then returned to Paris to do his work." The following inscription was written by Madison: — " The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia have...the hero, the virtues of the patriot, and exerting bsth in establishing the liberties of his country, has rendered his name dear to his fellow- citizens... | |
 | Philip Alexander Bruce, William Glover Stanard - 1922 - 540 páginas
...Some Virginia Portraits WASHINGTON JEFFERSON MADISON MARSHALL LEE JACKSON JOHNSTON STUART MAURY The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia have...GEORGE WASHINGTON who, uniting to the endowments of a Hero the virtues of the Patriot and exerting both in establishing the liberties of his country has... | |
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The general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia have caused this statue to be erected as a monument of affection and gratitude to George Washington, who uniting to the endowments of the Hero the virtues of the Patriot, and exerting both in establishing... 
