 | Jay Fliegelman - History - 1993 - 296 pages
...in attendance, Henry concluded an attack on the Stamp Act with these words: "Tarquin and Caesar each had his Brutus— Charles the First his Cromwell and— George the Third. . . ." At that point Henry was interrupted with boos and cries of "Treason." He recovered with the... | |
 | James A. Anderson - Computers - 1995 - 680 pages
...Neighbor Classifiers Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. Edmund Burke Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third-may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it. Patrick Henry This chapter... | |
 | Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 354 pages
...members of the Virginia House of Burgesses in the Stamp Act crisis of 1765. When Henry proclaims that "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " the sequence prompts interrupting cries of "TREASON!" in the House. "And George the Third," counters... | |
 | Christopher Looby - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 304 pages
...tyranny of the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god: "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. It was one... | |
 | Martha Finley - Juvenile Fiction - 1997 - 306 pages
...about nine years before, he had startled his hearers in the Virginia House of Burgesses by his cry, ' Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example ' ! " " And now he was starting the Congress at its work ! " " You are right ; there was no more hesitation... | |
 | Martha Finley - Juvenile Fiction - 1997 - 334 pages
...brave words that startled even the patriots and have been famous words ever since. They were : " ' Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third ' — just there he was interrupted by cries of ' Treason ! ' treason ! ' — ' may profit by their... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...in The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. Alfred W. Pollard, et al. (1898). Referring to the Parson. 2 Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third ... ("Treason," cried the Speaker) ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - History - 2000 - 426 pages
...through the House of Burgesses with a speech that closed most provocatively: Caesar had his Bnitus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — may profit by their example .... If this be treason, make the most of it. The resolves were passed on May 30, 1765. In the meantime,... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Presidents - 2004 - 574 pages
...every American schoolchild memorized the following passage of Patrick Henry's speech on the Stamp Act: "Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third ['Treason' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of... | |
 | David Lee Russell - History - 2000 - 386 pages
...Manifest Tendency to Destroy American Freedom." In the course of his speech he delivered the fiery words, "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third..." At this point Speaker Robinson interrupted, crying out, "Treason, treason!" Henry paused and then calmly... | |
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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... 
