 | 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...George the Third — ('Treason,' cried the Speaker — 'treason, treason,' echoed from every part of the House. It was one of those trying moments which... | |
 | 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. If this be treason, make... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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 —... | |
 | 1832 - 858 pages
...encourage it 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,...George the Third" — " Treason !" cried the speaker — " Treason, treason !" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant ;... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 pages
...in the midst of this magnificent appeal that Henry is said to have exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, 'Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell...George the Third — ("Treason," cried the Speaker — "treason, treason," echoed from every part of the House. Henry faultered not ; but rising to a... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 440 pages
...Burgesses, of Virginia, in May, 1705, he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the first his Cromwell...George the Third " — " Treason ! " cried the speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 432 pages
...Burgesses, of Virginia, in May, 17C5, he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the first his Cromwell...George the Third " — " Treason ! " cried the speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 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 ;...George the Third " — " Treason ! " cried the speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which... | |
 | William Wirt - Statesmen - 1834 - 482 pages
...of the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, "Ceesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell...George the third — ('Treason,' cried the speaker— 'treason, treason,' echoed from every part of the house. — It was one of those trying moments which... | |
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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. 
