 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1858 - 482 pages
...the cry of "Treason, treason!" resounding from several partf of the house, hod ended, — he added, "may profit by their example; if this be treason, make the most of it ! " RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT. 151 the stamp act, and other acts of Parliament, to have a manifest... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 pages
...the damning accusation had died away, he turned his flashing eye full on the speaker and shouted, " may profit by their example! If this be treason, make the most of it!" A fierce and exciting debate followed, but it was only like the occasional wind gusts heard... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Mexico - 1859 - 446 pages
...the Third,"— here pausing a moment until the cry of " Treason, treason," had ended, — he added, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." a May 29 1 ?• "After a violent debate, the first five resolutions 2. wiMiwas were carried*... | |
 | Kit Kelvin - American wit and humor - 1860 - 300 pages
...Cromwell, and George the Third, (" Treason !" cried the speaker, and from all parts of the House) — " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." From this time, Mr. Henry became the idol statesman of the colony. It is said his forte was on questions before... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1860 - 558 pages
...of the damning accusation had died away, he turned his flashing eye full on the speaker and shouted, "may profit by their example! If this be treason, make the most of it!" A fierce and exciting debate followed, but it was only like the occasional wind gusts heard... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1860 - 806 pages
...Third" — "Treason!" cried the speaker, "Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house — "may profit by their example! If this be treason, make the most of it!" The resolutions, in spite of a bitter and determined attack, were carried — the last by a... | |
 | Montroville Wilson Dickeson - Coinage - 1860 - 324 pages
...he was interrupted by the cry of " treason" — pausing for a moment, he deliberately concluded — "may profit by their example; if this be treason, make the most of it." Non-importation agreements were entered into ; combinations formed against eating larnb, in... | |
 | Samuel Mordecai - History - 1860 - 368 pages
...the Third" — the cry of " Treason! Treason!" interrupted him for an instant — and he added — -"may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it." Such an occasion justified the impassioned representation of the orator by the sculptor —... | |
 | HON. J. Y. HEADLEY - 1860 - 502 pages
...the damning accusation had died away, he turned his flashing eye full, on the speaker and shouted, "may profit by their example! If this be treason, make the most of it I" A fierce and exciting debate followed, but it was only like the occasional wind gusts heard... | |
 | Christopher Looby - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 304 pages
...instant; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis)...by their example. If this be treason, make the most if it."* *I had frequently heard the above anecdote of the cry of treason, but with such variations... | |
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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. 
