 | 1841 - 618 strani
...instant; hut rising to n loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis)—...by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." ' — Win, p. 83. Henry had hitherto confined his practice to the county courts, but in the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1841 - 682 strani
...instant ; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis)— may profit by their example. If this he treason, make the most of it." ' — Wirt, p. 83. Henry had hitherto confined his practice to the... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - 1841 - 794 strani
...speaker — " Treason, treason !" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not fir an mutant, 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. ' Henry served his country... | |
 | John Niles Hubbard - 1842 - 322 strani
...faltering in the least, he assumed a loftier attitude, and in a deeper and more impressive tone added, " may profit by their example ! If this be treason make the most of it." [ Wirt's life of Patrick Henry.] These resolutions, issuing from the heart of Virginia, together... | |
 | Emma Willard - 1843 - 500 strani
...was interrupted by the cry of " treason !" — pausing for a moment, he deliberately concluded — " may profit by their example ; — if this be treason, make the most of it." The next day the members were alarmed, on considering the bold stand which they had taken ;... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 strani
...fixing on the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the fiercest emphasis,) — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." Sustained by such powers, the resolutions were carried by a majority of two, and Mr. Henry... | |
 | 1844 - 400 strani
...but, rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye flashing with fire, continued, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." HIGHWAYMAN AND SAILOR.—One of the Dover stages, on its way to London, was stopped by a single... | |
 | Henry Brown - 1844 - 526 strani
...the most determined fire, hi' finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis : 'and George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most ofit.'': The resolutions, after a stormy debate, passed by a small majority, and the last by a majority... | |
 | John Frost - 1844 - 494 strani
...; but fixing his eye firmly on the speaker, and raising his voice, he finished the sentence with " may profit by their example ! if this be treason, make the most of it." On receiving intelligence of the passage of these resolutions, the deputy-governor immediately... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 strani
...never faltering for a moment, and fixing an eye of fire on the speaker, " and George the Third — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." The resolutions of Henry involved, as has been said, the principle of independence ; but the... | |
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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. 
