 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 страници
...expressive look, and in a voice so powerful that it seemed to shake the house in which he spoke : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — [treason, TREASON, cried the members of the house of burgesses] — may profit by their example." And when, in... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 страници
...expressive look, and in a voice so powerful that Jt seemed to shake the house in which he spoke : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — [treason, TREASON, cried the members of the house of burgesses] — may profit by tkeir example." And when, in... | |
 | R. Thomas (A.M.) - 1847 - 1076 страници
...assembly." In his defence of these resolutions, Henry gave vent to that celebrated burst of eloquence : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" "Treason! treason!" burst from the lips of the speaker, and most of the members of the assembly. Henry faltered... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 страници
...in themselves, were made immortal by the remarkable scene produced by them. "Caesar," he exclaimed, "had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third," here he was interrupted by the cry of Treason, repeated by the Speaker, and echoed from every part... | |
 | Charles Jacobs Peterson - 1848 - 586 страници
...graphically portrays. The orator was in the full torrent of declamation against the tyrannical act, when he exclaimed, " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" — But here he was intermpted by loud cries of "treason, treason," resounding through the house. Henry... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 542 страници
...inspiration to rise in his mind, Henry had reached a climax of eloquence :— " Csesar," he cried, " had his Brutus ; Charles the First, his Cromwell ; and George the Third" — " Treason !" burst instinctively from the lips of the President; "Treason! treason !" resounded through the house.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1848 - 414 страници
...of the obnoxious Act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a God; ' Ciesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third' — 'Treason I' cried the Speaker — 'treason, treason, 1 echoed from every part of the House. It was one of those... | |
 | George White - 1849 - 716 страници
...House of Butgesses, when he introduced his resolutions on the Stamp Act. It was here that he said, " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third" upon which the Speaker cried out " Treason !" " Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house.... | |
 | George White - 1849 - 712 страници
...Burgesses, when he introduced his resolutions on the Stamp Act. It was here that he said, " Ca?sar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third" upon which the Speaker cried out "Treason!" "Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house.... | |
 | 1850 - 608 страници
...British parliament. It was in the midst of the debate which arose on these resolutions, that Mr. Henry exclaimed : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First...his Cromwell, and George the Third " — " Treason ! " cried the speaker — " Treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered... | |
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Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — ("Treason," cried the Speaker — "treason, treason," echoed from every part of the House. 
