 | Jesse Olney - 1839 - 304 страница
...government towards America, he became much excited, and in the warmth of his feelings, added "Caesar had his Brutus,— Charles the First, his Cromwell,—..."Treason," cried the speaker— "treason, treason," was echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but taking a loftier attitude,... | |
 | Henry Winsor - 1839 - 250 страница
...single vote. In this debate, descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, he exclaims, " Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — (" Treason," cries the speaker, " treason, treason," echoes from every part of the house,) may profit by their example:... | |
 | William Grimshaw - 1840 - 342 страница
...taxation there, should be deemed an enemy to his majesty's colony." " Caesar," exclaimed the orator, " had his Brutus; Charles the first, his Cromwell ; and George the third — may profit by his example." A declaration, similar to that of Virginia, had been made, nearly a... | |
 | 1842 - 694 страница
...actually asserting it. As in the speech of Patrick Henry, of Virginia, when he exclaimed, ' Caesar had his Brutus, — Charles the First his Cromwell, — and George the Third — ' Henry was interrupted by a shout of ' Treason ! treason !' — but coolly finished the sentence... | |
 | 1842 - 682 страница
...actually asserting it. As in the speech of Patrick Henry, of Virginia, when he exclaimed, ' Caesar had his Brutus, — Charles the First his Cromwell, — and George the Third — ' Henry was interrupted by a shout of ' Treason ! treason !' — but coolly finished the sentence... | |
 | 1844 - 400 страница
...the American revolution in Virginia, introduced his celebrated resolution on the Stamp Act into the House of Burgesses of Virginia, (May, 1765,) he exclaimed,...when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, Caesar had his Brutus; Charles I. his Cromwell; and George III. " Treason !" cried the speaker ; "... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 страница
...sentence equally marked by power and self-possession. In the midst of his invective he exclaimed, " Cœsar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell...George the Third" (" Treason !" cried the speaker, and " Treason !" was re-echoed on all sides) — " Yes," continued Henry, never faltering for a moment,... | |
 | John Frost - 1844 - 494 страница
...on Henry's resolutions in the House of Burgesses, that gentleman went so far as to exclaim, "Caesar had his Brutus! Charles the First his Cromwell ! and George the Third — " here he was interrupted by cries of " Treason ! Treason /" from every part of the house ; but... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1844 - 434 страница
...danger to which the king himself would be exposed, in pursuing his present course. " Caesar," said he, " had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " At this moment, the orator paused, as if in doubt how to finish the sentence. The natural termination... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 страница
...Burgesses, in 1765, as he descanted on the tyranny of that obnoxious act, exclaimed— "Cesar— hart his Brutus; Charles the First, his Cromwell; and George the Third"— " Treason!" cried the speaker,"treason; treason; THXASOI?," re-echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying... | |
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Cesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third"— 
