 | David W. Belisle - 1859 - 450 strani
...timid Assembly. "It was in the midst of the magnificent debate on these resolutions," says Mr. Wirt, " while he was descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious...a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god—' Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the tion iu 1769, when Lord Botetourt, one of the best disposed royal... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1859 - 618 strani
...American Revolution in the colony of Virginia. It was in the midst of the debate upon those resolutions, chosen with the fondest predilection, and in my flattering ' Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — ('Treason!'... | |
 | Augusta Blanche Berard - 1859 - 230 strani
...resolutions, and in the middle of his speech exclaimed, in clear tones, which startled his hearers, " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third — " ' Treason !' cried some one : ' Treason ! Treason !' was shouted from every part of the House. "Henry did not falter,"... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 strani
...moment every thing but the great subject which engrossed his soul, he suddenly exclaimed, " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " " Treason!" shouted the defaulting Speaker Robinson. "Treason! Treason!" rang through the House. Pausing till the... | |
 | William B. Victor - 1859 - 254 strani
...of these resolutions that he gave utterance to that equally celebrated burst of eloquence : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" — Treason ! Treason ! cried the speaker and many members of the house — "may profit by their example" — thundered... | |
 | Leroy Jones Halsey - 1859 - 448 strani
...Stamp Act, and amidst cries of " Treason ! Treason 1" from all parts of the house, exclaimed, " Csesur had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example." Who then could calculate, or who now, the precise amount of impression... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1859 - 674 strani
...seats, and others sat in breathless silence. At length, when alluding to tyrants, he exclaimed, " Ca3sar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" — there was a cry of " Treason ! Treason !" He paused a moment, and said — "may profit by their... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 794 strani
...Assembly like thunder peals. In the midst of his harangue he exclaimed, in clear bell-tones, " Caesar 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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 788 strani
...Assembly like thunder peals. In the midst of his harangue he exclaimed, in clear bell-tones, " Cœsar 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... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1860 - 558 strani
...moment every thing but the great subject which engrossed his soul, he suddenly exclaimed, " Ccesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " " Treason!" shouted the defaulting Speaker Robinson. "Treason! Treason!" rang through the House. Pausing till 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. 
