 | American Orators - 1857 - 668 pages
...American Revolution in the colony of Virginia. It was in the midst of the debate upon those resolutions, that he "exclaimed, in a voice of thunder and with the look of a god, 'Cœsar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — ('Treason!'... | |
 | American Orators - 1857 - 690 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation : " Cœsar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — (' Treason 1 ' cried the Speaker. . ' Treason 1 treason 1 ' echoed the House ;) may profit by their example. If... | |
 | History - 1857 - 650 pages
...to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation : " Ctesu had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — (' Treason I ' cried the Speaker. ' Treason 1 treason 1 ' echoed the House ;) may profit by their example. If... | |
 | William Allen - History - 1857 - 930 pages
...debate, that Mr. Henry, after declaiming ngainst the arbitrary measures of Great Britain, added, " Csrsar had his Brutus, Charles the first his Cromwell, and George the third " when the speaker of the house cried out " Treason ! " and the cry was echoed from every part of the... | |
 | George Francis Train - Banks and banking - 1857 - 428 pages
...suspension throughout the country, I hope will prove more satisfactory to the holders of notes. " Csesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third," said Patrick Henry, " may profit by their example." This brief summary will show that it requires paper... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 698 pages
...of the' aristocracy." It was on this occasion that occurred the incident thus narrated by \Yirt : '' It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while...had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — aud George the Third' — ('Treason!' cried the Speaker — 'treason! treason!' echoed from every... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 726 pages
...the aristocracy." It was on this occasion that occurred the incident thus narrated by Wirt : •• It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while...in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, ' Csesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — auj George the Third' — ('Treason!'... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - Great Britain - 1858 - 460 pages
...debate on it was most bloody." It was on this occasion that he uttered the celebrated passage — " ' Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — (" Treason 1 " cried the speaker — " Treason, treason ! " echoed from every part of the house. It was one of... | |
 | Charles C. B. Seymour - Biography - 1858 - 606 pages
...upon the danger which tyrants suffer from the indignation their acts provoke. " Cassar," said he, a had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third—" Here the orator was interrupted by loud cries of " Treason ! Treason ! " He paused for a moment, and... | |
 | David W. Belisle - 1859 - 450 pages
...Assembly. "It was in the midst of the magnificent debate on these resolutions," says Mr. Wirt, " while he was descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious Act,...look of a god—' Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the tion iu 1769, when Lord Botetourt, one of the best disposed royal governors that ever ruled in Virginia,... | |
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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. 
