 had each his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third"— "Treason! Treason!" shouted the Speaker. "Treason ! Treason !" echoed from every part of the House. Without faltering for an instant, but rising to a loftier attitude and fixing...  Library of Southern Literature: Biography - Page 2359edited by - 1909Full view - About this book
 | William Wirt - 1826 - 690 pages
...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 ! trea" son !" echoed the House ;)—may profit by their ex. " ample.... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...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 their example.... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1830 - 402 pages
...Burgesses of Virginia, he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious 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 one of those... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, " 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. It was one of those... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 pages
...Virginia, in May, 17C5, he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious 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 one of those trying... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 pages
...this magnificent appeal that Henry is said to have exclaimed, in à voice of thunder, ' Cœsar 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 faultered not... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 pages
...Virginia, in May, 1765, he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Ceesar 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 of... | |
 | Samuel Farmer Wilson - 1836 - 396 pages
...debate. Transported by the fervor of his zeal beyond the bounds of prudence, he exclaimed, "Csesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third"—" Treason, treason," resounded from all parts of the house ;—but, without pausing or quailing for a moment, he continued,... | |
 | Henry Winsor - 1839 - 250 pages
...single vote. In this debate, descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, he exclaims, " Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — (" Treason," cries the speaker, " treason, treason," echoes from every part of the house,) may profit by their example:... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1840 - 528 pages
...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. If this... | |
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