 | Robert Reid Howison - Virginia - 1848 - 542 pages
...inspiration to rise in his mind, Henry had reached a climax of eloquence :— " Csesar," he cried, " had his Brutus ; Charles the First, his Cromwell ; and George the Third" — " Treason !" burst instinctively from the lips of the President; "Treason! treason !" resounded through the house.... | |
 | Charles Jacobs Peterson - Military biography - 1848 - 586 pages
...The orator was in the full torrent of declamation against the tyrannical act, when he exclaimed, " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" — But here he was intermpted by loud cries of "treason, treason," resounding through the house. Henry... | |
 | George White - Georgia - 1849 - 716 pages
...House of Butgesses, when he introduced his resolutions on the Stamp Act. It was here that he said, " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third" upon which the Speaker cried out " Treason !" " Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house.... | |
 | William Wirt - 1849 - 484 pages
...midst of this magnificent debate, while he was descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, that ho exclaimed in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god • " Cesar had his Brutus — Charles the First, his Cromwell and George the Third — (' Treason... | |
 | George White - Georgia - 1849 - 712 pages
...Burgesses, when he introduced his resolutions on the Stamp Act. It was here that he said, " Ca?sar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third" upon which the Speaker cried out "Treason!" "Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house.... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 pages
...Virginia, in 1765, descanted on the oppressiveness of the Stamp Act, he exclaimed, in a loud tone : "Caesar — had his Brutus; Charles the First —..."Treason!" cried the speaker. " Treason .' TREASON ! TREASON !" reechoed from every part of the house ; when Mr. Henry, rising to a loftier attitude,... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pages
...exploits. " It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while he was descanting on the tyranny of this obnoxious act, that he exclaimed in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, ' Csesar had his Brutus—Charles the First his Cromwell—and George the Third'—('Treason,' cried... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - United States - 1850 - 216 pages
...others. P. HENRY." It was in the midst of this mag nificent debate, while he was descanting on llic tyranny of the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, "Cesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third " (Treason, cried... | |
 | John Frost - 1851 - 1058 pages
...debate 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... | |
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Caesar had his Brutus,— Charles the First, his Cromwell,— and George the Third"— "Treason," cried the speaker— "treason, treason," was echoed from every part of the house. 
