 | John Frost - 1853 - 786 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Adolphus Mordecai Hart - 1853 - 308 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1854 - 264 pàgines
...Virginia, in May, 1765, he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Ocsar had his Brutus ; Charles the first, his Cromwell ;...! treason !" echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant... | |
 | William Valentine - 1856 - 302 pàgines
...actually asserting it. As in the speech of Patrick Henry, of Virginia, when he exclaimed, Caesar had had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third He was here interrupted by a shout of " Treason ! Treason !" But coolly finished the sentence with... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - 1856 - 380 pàgines
...Lexington and Bunker Hill ; with Patrick Heury, ' the forest born Demosthenes,' when he exclaimed, 'Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it ;' with Jefferson and the signers... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 pàgines
...in others. P. HENRY. It was in the midst of the debate above-mentioned, that he exclaimed, 6 Cessar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — 6 Treason !' cried the speaker — ¿ Treason, treason !? echoed from every part of the house.... | |
 | George Tucker - 1856 - 672 pàgines
...boldness with which he supported them. In the course of his impassioned harangue he cried, "Coesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third" - — here the cry of " Treason [treason !" resounded on all sides — added the self-possessed orator,... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1856 - 436 pàgines
...consent. The bold declaration of Patrick Henry, before the House of Burgesses, in 1764, that " Caasar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third may profit by their example," still rang in the ears of royalty, and the patriots were looked upon... | |
 | 1857 - 668 pàgines
...upon those resolutions, that he "exclaimed, in a voice of thunder and with the look of a god, 'Cœsar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell...! treason ! ' echoed from every part of the house. Heury faltered not for an instant, but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the Speaker an eye... | |
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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. 
