 | John Frost - United States - 1853 - 786 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 918 pages
...the lower house of representatives at Virginia, Patrick Henry, a popular orator, exclaimed, " Cajsar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third"— cries of "Treason I" here interrupted the speaker but, after a moment's pause, he continued " and George... | |
 | William Valentine - American wit and humor - 1856 - 302 pages
...actually asserting it. As in the speech of Patrick Henry, of Virginia, when he exclaimed, Caesar had had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third He was here interrupted by a shout of " Treason ! Treason !" But coolly finished the sentence with... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 380 pages
...Lexington and Bunker Hill ; with Patrick Heury, ' the forest born Demosthenes,' when he exclaimed, 'Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it ;' with Jefferson and the signers... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 404 pages
...Lexington and Bunker Hill ; with Patrick Henry, ' the forest born Demosthenes,' when he exclaimed, ' Csesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it ;' with Jefferson and the signers... | |
 | Frank Moore - National songs - 1856 - 436 pages
...consent. The bold declaration of Patrick Henry, before the House of Burgesses, in 1764, that " Caasar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third may profit by their example," still rang in the ears of royalty, and the patriots were looked upon... | |
 | George Tucker - History - 1856 - 672 pages
...boldness with which he supported them. In the course of his impassioned harangue he cried, "Coesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third" - — here the cry of " Treason [treason !" resounded on all sides — added the self-possessed orator,... | |
 | W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...in others. P. HENRY. It was in the midst of the debate above-mentioned, that he exclaimed, 6 Cessar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — 6 Treason !' cried the speaker — ¿ Treason, treason !? echoed from every part of the house.... | |
 | American Orators - 1857 - 656 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for qnotation : '' Cœsar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and...Treason ! ' cried the Speaker. ' Treason ! treason 1 ' echoed the House ;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." While... | |
 | American Orators - 1857 - 610 pages
...American Revolution in the colony of Virginia. It was in the midst of the debate upon those resolutions, s majesty, and his royal grandfather. Our powerful friends on the oth 'Csjsar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — ('Treason !'... | |
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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. 
