 | 1852 - 394 էջ
...intelligence may not be interrupted, nor ignorance patronized. "CaBsar had his Brutus!" said Patrick Henry, "Charles the First his Cromwell ! and George the Third," — here he was interrupted by the cries of "Treason! Treason !" from every part of the house ; but fixing his eye firmly on the speaker,... | |
 | William Allen Drew - 1852 - 440 էջ
...Revolution, which concluded in the following emphatic words, emphatically pronounced: — " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third " — [here Sir J. began to look grave, his son and daughter frightened, and his liveried servant enraged] —"... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 էջ
...Assembly like thunder peals. In the midst of his harangue he exclaimed, in clear bell-tones, « Caasar atch, and one hundred guineas. He said ' Yes,' and told us he would — " « Treason /" cried the excited speaker ; and « Treason ! Treason !" was shouted from every... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 946 էջ
...Assembly like thunder peals. In the midst of his harangue he exclaimed, in clear bell-tones, " Cffisar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third — " " Treason!" cried the excited speaker-; and " Treason ! Treason !" was shouted from every part... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 586 էջ
...overwhelming eloquence in one incessant storm. In the midst of that electrifying speech he exclaimed : " Cesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third [" Treason !" cried the speaker, " Treason ! Treason !" echoed through the house. But Henry, faltering... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - 1852 - 374 էջ
...comparisons. Warming with his theme, he blanched the cheeks of his auditors, by exclaiming : " Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third" — " Treason ! treason !" exclaimed the speaker. " Treason ! treason !" echoed other hurgesses. Henry... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 էջ
..."P.HENRY." It was in the midst of the above-mentioned debate that he exclaimed, in tones 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.... | |
 | John Frost - 1853 - 786 էջ
...the discussion to a tone of defiance, which produced a remarkable scene. " Caesar," he exclaimed, " had his Brutus ! Charles the First, his Cromwell !...George the Third," — here he was interrupted by a cry of Treason ! raised by the speaker and echoed from all parts of the house ; but drowning the... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - 1853 - 354 էջ
...comparisons. Warming with his theme, he blanched the cheeks of his auditors, by exclaiming : « Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third" — "Treason ! treason !" exclaimed the speaker* " Treason ! treason !" echoed other burgesses. Henry... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 918 էջ
...the lower house of representatives at Virginia, Patrick Henry, a popular orator, exclaimed, " Cajsar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third"— cries of "Treason I" here interrupted the speaker but, after a moment's pause, he continued " and George... | |
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Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it... 
