| 1818 - 646 pages
...was an occasion which called for all his strength, and he did put it forth as man never did hefore. He exclaimed in a voice of thunder and with the look of a Ood,' fee.-*-' He rose like the thunder-hearer of Jove when he mounts,' &c— ' Had his mind of Herculean... | |
| 1822 - 734 pages
...distinguished. In the very fury and whirlwind of his invective against Great Britain, he exclaimed : " Cicsar had his Brutus— Charles the First, his Cromwell — and George the Third — (" Treason," exclaimed the speaker — " treason, treason," echoed from every corner of the house.) " Yes," (said... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 382 pages
...heroes, while they gazed upon his exploits. '.It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while he was descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act,...in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, 'C#sar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third. — ('Treason,'... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 376 pages
...obnoxious act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, 'Csesar had bis Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and...George the third — ('Treason,' cried the speaker — itreason, treason,' echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which... | |
| Statesmen - 1824 - 518 pages
...heroes, while they gazed upon his exploits. •' It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while he was descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act,...he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the l<»>k of a God, Caesar had his Brutus—Charles the first, his Cromwell—and George the third—('Treason,'... | |
| William Wirt - Funeral sermons - 1826 - 690 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation : " Csesar had his Brutus, Charles " the First his Cromwell,...Third— (" Treason !" cried the Speaker. " Treason ! trea" son !" echoed the House ;)—may profit by their ex. " ample. If this be treason, make the... | |
| B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF JEFFERSON. Mr. Jefferson furnished anecdotes, facts, and documents for Wirl's Life of Henry, and Mr. Wirt submitted his manuscript...in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, " Cassar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " (" Treason !" cried... | |
| B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 568 pages
...of this magnificent appeal, so electrifying to his impassioned auditor, that Henry is said to have exclaimed, in a voice of thunder. and with the look of a god, "Casar had his Brutus—Charles the First hU Cromwell—and George the Third—('Treason,' cried the... | |
| Art - 1832 - 592 pages
...the lower house of representatives at Virginia, Patrick Henry, a popular orator, exclaimed, " Coesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " Cries of " Treason !" here interrupted the speaker ; but, after a moment's pause, he continued,... | |
| John Macgregor - Canada - 1833 - 624 pages
...delegates, at the meeting of the Continental Congress, said, during a debate on the stamp act, " Julius Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third "here he was stopped by cries of treason, and then concluded by saying, " and George the Third —... | |
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