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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. "
Speeches on Various Occasions Connected with the Public Affairs of New South ... - Page 10
by Sir Henry Parkes - 1876 - 464 pages
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The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by ..., Volume 2

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 did not...
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The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by ..., Volume 2

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 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 did not...
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The History of Virginia: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time

Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - Virginia - 1852 - 374 pages
...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 turned his...
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The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by ..., Volume 2

Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 948 pages
...peals. In the midst of his harangue he exclaimed, in clear bell-tones, " Cœsar had his Brutns — son John excited speaker ; and " Treason ! Treason !" was shouted from every part of the House. Henry did not...
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Glimpses and Gatherings During a Voyage and Visit to London and the Great ...

William Allen Drew - Great Exhibition - 1852 - 440 pages
...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]...
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History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent: I ...

George Bancroft - United States - 1852 - 490 pages
...in Wirt. ' Dunmoro to Dartmouth, 25 beyond himself, "Tarquin," he cried, "and Caesar, CHAP. had each his Brutus ; Charles the First, his Cromwell ; ^^-. and George the Third " "Treason!" shouted the 1765. Speaker ; " treason, treason !" was echoed round the ay' house, while Heury, fixing...
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The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference

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 those trying moments which...
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The Etymological Compendium: Or, Portfolio of Origins and Inventions

William Pulleyn - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 474 pages
...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 trying moments which...
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The History of Virginia, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time

Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - Virginia - 1853 - 354 pages
...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...
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History of the Valley of the Mississippi

Adolphus Mordecai Hart - Mississippi River Valley - 1853 - 308 pages
...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...
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