 | Rebecca Stefoff - 2003 - 148 strani
...George III. Referring to Roman and English rulers who had been assassinated, Henry cried out, "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit from their example" — meaning that George should avoid enraging a possible assassin. To... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 607 strani
...Henry, 29, rose in Virginia's House of Burgesses to decry taxation without representation. "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third ..." He was interrupted by shouts of "Treason!" before he could finish, but it was clear that some... | |
 | R. B. Bernstein - 2004 - 258 strani
...hated stamps. In a fiery speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses, Patrick Henry declared, "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the first, his Cromwell, and George the third may profit by their example " The young Jefferson, standing in the foyer and listening, was dazzled... | |
 | Eliot Clarke - 2003 - 290 strani
...approved the tax. Patrick Henry added vehemence by exclaiming in the Virginia House of Burgesses: "Ceasar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell and George the Third" (cries of "Treason!" echo through the house), but Henry continued, "may profit by their example. If... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 460 strani
...resolutions against the stamp act and made the speech, now lost, which contained the famous passage, "Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third" [a pause, while the house and speaker cried "Treason I Treason !"] "may profit by their example. If... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2005 - 918 strani
...1765, on the Stamp Act) : It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while he [Patrick Henry] was descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious Act,...in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, "Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — ('Treason,'... | |
 | Alf J. Mapp - 2003 - 196 strani
...Henry shouted that the Stamp Act was tyrannical and then, with mounting emphasis, cried out: "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " "Treason!" shouted the Speaker of the House. "And George the Third," finished Henry, "may he never have either."... | |
 | Andrew Levy - 2005 - 340 strani
...House of Burgesses for rebellion against the conglomeration of taxes known as the Stamp Act — "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the first, his Cromwell, and George the third," he was reputed to have said, before cries of "Treason!" compelled him to calmer attitudes — three... | |
 | Larry T. McGehee - 2005 - 372 strani
...opposing the Stamp Act. In making his case, Henry concluded with words that would be oft quoted. "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" — here some of the delegates shouted, "Treason! Treason!" — "and George the Third," Henry repeated,... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 2005 - 461 strani
...upon this resolution he uttered these words, which were prophetic of his power and courage : " 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." The great natural philosopher,... | |
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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. 
