 | 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 ; and George the Third " — " Treason ! " cried the speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house.... | |
 | 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, and George the Third" — " Treason !" cried the speaker — " Treason, treason !" echoed from every part of the house. Henry... | |
 | 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 ; and George the Third " — " Treason ! " cried the speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house.... | |
 | 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 — and George the Third — ("Treason," cried the Speaker — "treason, treason," echoed from every part of the House. Henry... | |
 | Samuel Farmer Wilson - United States - 1834 - 386 pages
...promptitude in debate. Transported by the fervor of his zeal beyond the bounds of prudence, he exclaimed, "Caesar 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... | |
 | 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 ; and George the Third " — " Treason ! " cried the speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house.... | |
 | 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 — • and George the third — ('Treason,' cried the speaker— 'treason, treason,' echoed from every part of the house. — It... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 524 pages
...encourage it in others. P. HE>RT." It was in die midst of the debate abovementioned, that he exclaimed, u Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Thud — " Treason !" cried the speaker — " Treason, treason !" echoed from every part of the house.... | |
 | James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 486 pages
...the discussion, to a tone of defiance, which produced a very singular scene. "Caesar," he exclaimed, "had his Brutus! Charles the First, his Cromwell ! and George the Third," — here, he was interrupted by a cry of treason ! raised by the speaker, and echoed from all parts of the house;... | |
 | James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 480 pages
...the discussion, to a tone of defiance, which produced a very singular scene. "Caesar," he exclaimed, "had his Brutus! Charles the First, his Cromwell ! and George the Third," — -here, he was interrupted by a cry of treason ! raised by the speaker, and echoed from all parts of the house;... | |
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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... 
