 | Christopher Looby - 1996 - 304 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)...by their example. If this be treason, make the most if it."* *I had frequently heard the above anecdote of the cry of treason, but with such variations... | |
 | Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns - 1996 - 354 strani
...interrupting cries of "TREASON!" in the House. "And George the Third," counters Henry above the din, "may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it."12 The exchange, at least on Henrys part, is deliberately contrapuntal. The juxtaposition of... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 strani
...Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third ... ("Treason," cried the Speaker) ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it. PATRICK HENRY, (1736-1799) US statesman. Quoted in Patrick Henry, set. 2, William Wirt (1818).... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 strani
...provocatively: Caesar had his Bnitus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — may profit by their example .... If this be treason, make the most of it. The resolves were passed on May 30, 1765. In the meantime, back up north, John Adams, who in... | |
 | Gail E. Husch - 2000 - 332 strani
...to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the Speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished the sentence with the firmest emphasis — "may profit...by their example! If this be treason, make the most of it." " Patrick Henry, his right arm raised, dominates the vertical arrangement. He addresses the... | |
 | Sandra M. Gustafson - 2000 - 320 strani
...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 rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 strani
...his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third ['Treason' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it."106 The American Revolution reversed the dominant Western tradition, which had been antirepublican... | |
 | Lyn Wilkerson - 2000 - 737 strani
...George the Third..." Here he was interrupted by cries of treason. He continued, "And George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." In 1775, Lord Dunmore was forced to flee the city. Authority now devolved on the Convention... | |
 | David Lee Russell - 2000 - 386 strani
...Speaker Robinson interrupted, crying out, "Treason, treason!" Henry paused and then calmly concluded, "may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." Standing by the door watching the events was the young Thomas Jefferson, a student at the College... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 strani
...his Cromwell, and George III ..." (he was then interrupted by cries of "Treason! Treason!") ". . . may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." Henry played a prominent role in the growing movement for independence. He was a member 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. 
