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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... "
Glimpses and Gatherings During a Voyage and Visit to London and the Great ... - Page 91
by William Allen Drew - 1852 - 404 pages
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The Military Heroes of the Revolution with a Narrative of the War of ...

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...
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A History of Virginia: Containing the history of the colony and of the state ...

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...
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Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American ...

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...
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Statistics of the State of Georgia: Including an Account of Its Natural ...

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....
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Statistics of the State of Georgia: Including an Account of Its Natural ...

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....
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Selections for Reading and Speaking, for the Higher Classes in Common Schools

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...
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Historical Sketches of Kentucky: Embracing Its History, Antiquities, and ...

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....
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Questions and Supplement to Goodrich's History of the United States

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...
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The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the ..., Volumes 1-4

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...
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Debates and Proceedings of the Maryland Reform Convention to ..., Volume 2

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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