| Charles Jacobs Peterson - Military biography - 1848 - 586 pages
...The orator was in the full torrent of declamation against the tyrannical act, when he exclaimed, " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" — But here he was intermpted by loud cries of "treason, treason," resounding through the house. Henry... | |
| Robert Reid Howison - Virginia - 1848 - 542 pages
...inspiration to rise in his mind, Henry had reached a climax of eloquence :— " Csesar," he cried, " had his Brutus ; Charles the First, his Cromwell ; and George the Third" — " Treason !" burst instinctively from the lips of the President; "Treason! treason !" resounded... | |
| Benson John Lossing - Constitutional history - 1848 - 414 pages
...of the obnoxious Act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a God; ' Ciesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third' — 'Treason I' cried the Speaker — 'treason, treason, 1 echoed from every part of the House. It... | |
| George White - Georgia - 1849 - 716 pages
...House of Butgesses, when he introduced his resolutions on the Stamp Act. It was here that he said, " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third" upon which the Speaker cried out " Treason !" " Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house.... | |
| George White - Georgia - 1849 - 712 pages
...Burgesses, when he introduced his resolutions on the Stamp Act. It was here that he said, " Ca?sar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third" upon which the Speaker cried out "Treason!" "Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house.... | |
| Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 pages
...Virginia, in 1765, descanted on the oppressiveness of the Stamp Act, he exclaimed, in a loud tone : "Caesar — had his Brutus; Charles the First — his Cromwell ; and George the Third" "Treason!" cried the speaker. " Treason .' TREASON ! TREASON !" reechoed from every part of the house... | |
| Kentucky - 1850 - 608 pages
...parliament. It was in the midst of the debate which arose on these resolutions, that Mr. Henry 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.... | |
| Joseph Emerson - United States - 1850 - 216 pages
...was descanting on llic tyranny of the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, "Cesar 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 faltered... | |
| John Frost - 1851 - 1058 pages
...debate on Henry's resolutions in the House of Burgesses, that gentleman went so far as to exclaim, " Caesar had his Brutus ! Charles the First his Cromwell ! and George the Third — " here he was interrupted by cries of " Treason ! Treason /" from every part of the house ; but fixing his... | |
| Maryland. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1851 - 810 pages
...gentleman had pursued. When Patrick Henry said, in 1774, in the House of Delegates of Virginia, " Cœ*ar had his Brutus, Charles the First his, Cromwell, and George the Third may protit hy their example," he meant what he said. When the gentleman from Baltimore threatened the... | |
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