 | John Frost - America - 1852 - 1054 pages
...on Henry's resolutions in the House of Burgesses, that gentleman went so far as to exclaim, " Cssar 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... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - Virginia - 1852 - 374 pages
...his comparisons. Warming with his theme, he blanched the cheeks of his auditors, by exclaiming : " Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third" — " Treason ! treason !" exclaimed the speaker. " Treason ! treason !" echoed other hurgesses. Henry... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 948 pages
...Assembly like thunder peals. In the midst of his harangue he exclaimed, in clear bell-tones, « Caasar atch, and one hundred guineas. He said ' Yes,' and told us he would — " « Treason /" cried the excited speaker ; and « Treason ! Treason !" was shouted from every... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 946 pages
...Assembly like thunder peals. In the midst of his harangue he exclaimed, in clear bell-tones, " Cffisar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third — " " Treason!" cried the excited speaker-; and " Treason ! Treason !" was shouted from every part... | |
 | Henry Howe - District of Columbis - 1852 - 614 pages
..."P.HENRY." It was in the midst of the above-mentioned debate that he exclaimed, in tones 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.... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1858 - 586 pages
...overwhelming eloquence in one incessant storm. In the midst of that electrifying speech he exclaimed : " Cesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third [" Treason !" cried the speaker, " Treason ! Treason !" echoed through the house. But Henry, faltering... | |
 | Adolphus Mordecai Hart - Mississippi River Valley - 1853 - 308 pages
...to arbitrary authority, the patriot Henry exclaimed in the hall of the Legislative Assembly, that " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third his ," he was interrupted by cries of treason, treason : and mildly looking around, he added, " and... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - Virginia - 1853 - 354 pages
...his comparisons. Warming with his theme, he blanched the cheeks of his auditors, by exclaiming : « Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third" — "Treason ! treason !" exclaimed the speaker* " Treason ! treason !" echoed other burgesses. Henry... | |
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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... 
