 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 386 pages
...of Virginia (May, 1765), he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ;...George the Third" — (" Treason!" cried the speaker ; "treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house.) It was one of those trying moments which... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation : " Cassar had his Brutus, Charles the First his " Cromwell,...George the Third (" Treason !" cried the " Speaker. " Treason ! treason !" echoed the House ; ) — " may profit by their example. If this be, treason,... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation: " Csesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and...George the Third—(" Treason!" cried the Speaker. " Treason! treason!" echoed the House:)—may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third (' treason !' cried the speaker ; ' treason ! treason !' echoed the house ;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make... | |
 | William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...Burgesses of Virginia, he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obuoxious act, " Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ;...George the Third " "Treason !" cried the Speaker. " Treason, Treason !!" echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 628 pages
...others. ( P. HESRT." It was hi the midst of the debate abovementioned, that he exclaimed, " Csesar bad 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 not for an instant; but... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...of the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, " Cassar 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 trying moments which... | |
 | Art - 1832 - 592 pages
...the lower house of representatives at Virginia, Patrick Henry, a popular orator, exclaimed, " Coesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " Cries of " Treason !" here interrupted the speaker ; but, after a moment's pause, he continued,... | |
 | John Macgregor - Canada - 1833 - 624 pages
...at the meeting of the Continental Congress, said, during a debate on the stamp act, " Julius Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third "here he was stopped by cries of treason, and then concluded by saying, " and George the Third —... | |
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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. 
