 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1831 - 620 pages
...the Third — "Treason !" cried die speaker — " Treason, treason !" echoed from every part of die house. Henry faltered not for an instant; but taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on tin • speaker an eye of fire, he finished his sentence widi die firmest emphasis — " may profit... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 618 pages
...Third — " Treason !" cried tho speaker — " Treason, treason !" echried from every |)ort of die house. Henry faltered not for an instant ; but taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on ihf speaker an eye of fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis — " may profil by... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...of the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, " Cassar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and...! treason !" echoed from every part of the House. It was one of those trying moments which are so decisive of character. Henry faltered not an instant... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 pages
...of a god, "Casar had his Brutus—Charles the First hU Cromwell—and George the Third—('Treason,' cried the Speaker— 'treason, treason,' echoed from every part of the House. It was one of those trying moments which is decisive of character. Henry faultered not an instant;... | |
 | 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 - 1833 - 624 pages
...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 —... | |
 | 1832 - 858 pages
...in others. P. HENRY." It was in the midst of the debate above mentioned, that he exclaimed, " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and...sentence with the firmest emphasis — " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." From this period, Mr. Henry became the favorite... | |
 | 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 ;..."treason! treason!" echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which arc decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant;... | |
 | 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 ;...! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant;... | |
 | 1834 - 428 pages
...and the look of a God, Ceasar had his Brutus — Charles the first had his Cromwell — and Gcorgp the third* — ' Treason,' cried the speaker — '...treason, treason," echoed from every part of the house. It w«» one of those trying moments which is decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant,... | |
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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. 
