 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...  The Principles of Rhetoric and Their Application - Page 209by Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Frost - United States - 1844 - 494 pages
...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 ! and George the Third — " here he was interrupted by cries of " Treason ! Treason /" from every part of the house ; but... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...sentence equally marked by power and self-possession. In the midst of his invective he exclaimed, " Cœsar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third" (" Treason !" cried the speaker, and " Treason !" was re-echoed on all sides) — " Yes," continued... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1844 - 434 pages
...danger to which the king himself would be exposed, in pursuing his present course. " Caesar," said he, " had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " At this moment, the orator paused, as if in doubt how to finish the sentence. The natural termination... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 370 pages
...obnoxious act, he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with a look of great dignity, — " Csesar 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.... | |
 | James Grahame - United States - 1845 - 536 pages
...of the discussion to a tone of defiance, which produced a remarkable scene. "Caesar," he exclaimed, "had his Brutus ! Charles the First, his Cromwell ! and George the Third," — here he was interrupted by a cry of Treason ! raised by the speaker and echoed from all parts of... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...Burgesses, in 1765, as he descanted on the tyranny of that obnoxious act, exclaimed — "Cesar — had his Brutus; Charles the First, his Cromwell; and George the Third'' — " Treuwn .'" cried the speaker ; "treason; treason; THF.ASON;'' re-echoed from every part of the... | |
 | Henry Howe - Literary Criticism - 1845 - 562 pages
...It was in the midst of the above-mentioned debate that he exclaimed, in tones of thunder, " Ciesar 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... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...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."... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...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."... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...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... | |
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