| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1854 - 264 страници
...Virginia, in May, 1765, he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Ocsar 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. It was one of those... | |
| William Valentine - 1856 - 302 страници
...actually asserting it. As in the speech of Patrick Henry, of Virginia, when he exclaimed, Caesar had had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third He was here interrupted by a shout of " Treason ! Treason !" But coolly finished the sentence with... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 страници
...the great subject which engrossed his soul, he suddenly exclaimed, " Caesar had his Brutus—Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third—" "Treason!"...eye full on the speaker and shouted, " may profit by Iheir example! If this be treason, make the most of it!" A fierce and exciting debate followed, but... | |
| William O. Blake - 1856 - 1124 страници
...thyself, and encourage it in others. P. HKTOT. It was in the midst of the debate above-mentioned, that he 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... | |
| John Philip Sanderson - 1856 - 380 страници
...of '76, at Lexington and Bunker Hill ; with Patrick Heury, ' the forest born Demosthenes,' when he exclaimed, 'Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it ;' with Jefferson and the signers... | |
| Frank Moore - 1856 - 436 страници
...consent. The bold declaration of Patrick Henry, before the House of Burgesses, in 1764, that " Caasar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third may profit by their example," still rang in the ears of royalty, and the patriots were looked upon... | |
| George Tucker - 1856 - 672 страници
...boldness with which he supported them. In the course of his impassioned harangue he cried, "Coesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third" - — here the cry of " Treason [treason !" resounded on all sides — added the self-possessed orator,... | |
| John Philip Sanderson - 1856 - 404 страници
...Lexington and Bunker Hill ; with Patrick Henry, ' the forest born Demosthenes,' when he exclaimed, ' Csesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it ;' with Jefferson and the signers... | |
| W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 страници
...in others. P. HENRY. It was in the midst of the debate above-mentioned, that he exclaimed, 6 Cessar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — 6 Treason !' cried the speaker — ¿ Treason, treason !? echoed from every part of the house.... | |
| David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 страници
...tyranny of the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god: — '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. It was one of those... | |
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