 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...Burgesses, in 1765, as he descanted on the tyranny of that obnoxious act, exclaimed — "Cesar — had his Brutus; Charles the First, his Cromwell; and George the Third'' — " Treuwn .'" cried the speaker ; "treason; treason; THF.ASON;'' re-echoed from every part of the... | |
 | James Grahame - United States - 1845 - 536 pages
...of the discussion to a tone of defiance, which produced a remarkable scene. "Caesar," he exclaimed, "had his Brutus ! Charles the First, his Cromwell ! and George the Third," — here he was interrupted by a cry of Treason ! raised by the speaker and echoed from all parts of... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 596 pages
...above-mentioned debate that he exclaimed, in tones of thunder, " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First hia Cromwell — and George the Third — (' Treason !'...cried the speaker — ' Treason ! treason !' echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for a moment ; taking a loftier attitude, and fixing... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...expressive look, and in a voice so powerful that it seemed to shake the house in which he spoke : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — [treason, TREASON, cried the members of the house of burgesses] — may profit by their example." And when, in... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...expressive look, and in a voice so powerful that Jt seemed to shake the house in which he spoke : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — [treason, TREASON, cried the members of the house of burgesses] — may profit by tkeir example." And when, in... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1846 - 294 pages
...while descanting on that hateful act, he exclaimed, " Csesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First had his Cromwell ; and George the Third" (" Treason !" cried the speaker. " Treason ! Treason !" echoed from every part of the house.) It was one of those moments which are decisive of character. Henry faultered... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1847 - 666 pages
...I765), ho exclaimed, when descunting on the tyranny of the obuoxious act, " Ciesar had his Brntus ; Charles the first his Cromwell ; and George the Third...cried the speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which are decisive of character. Heury... | |
 | R. Thomas (A.M.) - United States - 1847 - 1076 pages
...assembly." In his defence of these resolutions, Henry gave vent to that celebrated burst of eloquence : " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" "Treason! treason!" burst from the lips of the speaker, and most of the members of the assembly. Henry faltered... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...in themselves, were made immortal by the remarkable scene produced by them. "Caesar," he exclaimed, "had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third," here he was interrupted by the cry of Treason, repeated by the Speaker, and echoed from every part... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Constitutional history - 1848 - 414 pages
...of the obnoxious Act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a God; ' Ciesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third' — 'Treason I' cried the Speaker — 'treason, treason, 1 echoed from every part of the House. It was one of those... | |
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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. 
