 | 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. Henry faltered... | |
 | 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 of the House. Henry... | |
 | William Allen Drew - Great Exhibition - 1852 - 440 pages
...before the Revolution, which concluded in the following emphatic words, emphatically pronounced: — " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third " — [here Sir J. began to look grave, his son and daughter frightened, and his liveried servant enraged]... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Pulleyn - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 474 pages
...House of Burgesses of Virginia, 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. It was one of those... | |
 | 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 turned his... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Classical dictionaries - 1853 - 478 pages
...Burgesses of Virginia, he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Csesar 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 was one of... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 918 pages
...the lower house of representatives at Virginia, Patrick Henry, a popular orator, exclaimed, " Cajsar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third"— cries of "Treason I" here interrupted the speaker but, after a moment's pause, he continued " and George... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1853 - 786 pages
...the discussion to a tone of defiance, which produced a remarkable 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... | |
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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. 
