 | 1826 - 438 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation : " Cassar had his Brutus, Charles the First his " Cromwell, and George the Third (" Treason !" cried the " Speaker. " Treason ! treason !" echoed the House ; ) — " may profit by... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 564 pages
...perceive, to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — (" Treason !" cried the Speaker. " Treason! treason!" echoed the House;) — may profit by their... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation: " Csesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third—(" Treason!" cried the Speaker. " Treason! treason!" echoed the House:)—may profit by their example.... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...alludes to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third (' treason !' cried the speaker ; ' treason ! treason !' echoed the house ;) may profit by their example.... | |
 | William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...House of Burgesses of Virginia, he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obuoxious act, " 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... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...auditor, that Henry is said to have 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1832 - 484 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation : " Ca:sar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third (' treason !' cried the speaker ; ' treason ! treason !' echoed the house ;) may profit by their example.... | |
 | 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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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... 
