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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. "
A History of the United States: On a New Plan : Adapted to the Capacity of ... - Page 130
by Jesse Olney - 1839 - 288 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 51

1830 - 622 pages
...instant ; but rising to a loftier ' attitude, and fixing on the Speaker an eye of the most deter' mined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis,)...their example ! If this be treason, make the ' most of it.' Virginia is understood to pride herself on her paramount right to provide the Union with orators...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 7

1820 - 490 pages
...; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye flashing with fire, continued, "may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." NAVAL ORATORY. Admiral Blake, when a captain was sent with a small squadron to the West Indies...
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A New American Biographical Dictionary; Or, Remembrancer of the Departed ...

Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 382 pages
...instant; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing »n the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis) may profit by their example. If this he treason, make .the most of it." In August. 1774, the Virginia Convention assembled in Williamsburg,...
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A New American Biographical Dictionary; Or, Remembrancer of the Departed ...

Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 376 pages
...instant; hut rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing »n the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis) may profit by their example. If tins be treason, make the most of it." In August, 1774, the Virginia Convention assembled in Williainsbnrg,...
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A New American Biographical Dictionary: Or, Remembrancer of the Departed ...

United States - 1824 - 518 pages
...instant; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis)...by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." In August, 1774, the Virginia convention assembled in Williamsburg, and passed a series of...
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A Selection of Eulogies: Pronounced in the Several States, in Honor of Those ...

1826 - 438 pages
...George the Third (" Treason !" cried the " Speaker. " Treason ! treason !" echoed the House ; ) — " may profit by their example. If this be, treason, make the " most of it." While I am presenting to you this picture of Mr. Jefferson in his youth, listening to the almost...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 2

Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 386 pages
...but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye flashing with fire, continued, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." LOGAN, THE INDIAN. Logan, the celebrated Indian chief, who had long been a zealous partizan...
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A Political and Civil History of the United States of America ..., Volume 1

Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 542 pages
..."treason." Mr. Henry, pausing for a moment, and fixing his eye on the speaker, deliberately concluded, " may profit by their example ; if this be treason, make the most of it." Mr. Henry left the assembly the evening after the passage of the resolutions ; and the next...
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Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence

Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...cry of " treason, treason," resounding from several parts of the house, had ended — he added — " may profit by their example ; if this be treason, make the most of it." The above resolutions had no sooner passed, than they found their way into the papers of the...
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The Galaxy of Wit: Or, Laughing Philosopher ; Being a ..., Volumes 1-2

American wit and humor - 1830 - 256 pages
...instant, but rising in a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye flashing with fire, continued, "may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." A GOOD RETORT. A lawyer said to a witness, " You have a plentiful supply of sap in your head;"...
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