| R. Thomas (A.M.) - 1847 - 1076 էջ
...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... | |
| Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 542 էջ
...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... | |
| Charles Jacobs Peterson - 1848 - 586 էջ
...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... | |
| George White - 1849 - 716 էջ
...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.... | |
| Joseph Emerson - 1850 - 216 էջ
...was descanting on llic tyranny of the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, "Cesar 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... | |
| Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 էջ
...1765, descanted on the oppressiveness of the Stamp Act, he exclaimed, in a loud tone : "Caesar — had his Brutus; Charles the First — his Cromwell ; and George the Third" "Treason!" cried the speaker. " Treason .' TREASON ! TREASON !" reechoed from every part of the house... | |
| John Frost - 1851 - 1058 էջ
...on Henry's resolutions in the House of Burgesses, that gentleman went so far as to exclaim, " Caesar had his Brutus ! Charles the First his Cromwell !...voice, he finished the sentence with " may profit by their example ! if this be treason, make the most of it." On receiving intelligence of the passage... | |
| Maryland. Constitutional Convention - 1851 - 810 էջ
...gentleman had pursued. When Patrick Henry said, in 1774, in the House of Delegates of Virginia, " Cœ*ar had his Brutus, Charles the First his, Cromwell, and George the Third may protit hy their example," he meant what he said. When the gentleman from Baltimore threatened the... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - 1851 - 618 էջ
...in others. 1*. HENRY." It was in the midst of the debate abovementioned, that he exclaimed, " Cavar 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... | |
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