 | Frank Moore - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1859 - 656 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation : " Cassai *had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and...Third — (' Treason ! ' cried the Speaker. ' Treason 1 treason ! ' echoed the House ;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of... | |
 | Augusta Blanche Berard - United States - 1859 - 230 pages
...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,"... | |
 | William B. Victor - United States - 1859 - 254 pages
...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... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 pages
...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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1859 - 674 pages
...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... | |
 | Leroy Jones Halsey - Bible as literature - 1859 - 448 pages
...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... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...the above-mentioned debate, that he exclaimed, in tones of thunder, " Csesar had his-Brutus—Charles the First his Cromwell—- and George the Third. — (' Treason !' cried the speaker— t Treason ! treason !' echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for a moment; taking... | |
 | Charles Campbell - History - 1860 - 764 pages
...man. While Mr. Henry was inveighing against the stamp act, he exclaimed: "Tarquin and Csesar had each his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George...("Treason!" cried the speaker; "Treason! Treason!" resounded from every part of the house. Henry, rising to a loftier attitude, with unfaltering voice,... | |
 | Charles Campbell - History - 1860 - 772 pages
...man. While Mr. Henry was inveighing against the stamp act, he exclaimed: "Tarquin and Caesar had each his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George...("Treason!" cried the speaker; "Treason! Treason!" resounded from, every part of the house. Henry, rising to a loftier attitude, with unfaltering voice,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 794 pages
...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... | |
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Cesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third"— 
