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. The Every Day Book for Youth - Page 253by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 370 pages
...speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the fiercest emphasis,) — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." Sustained by such powers, the resolutions were carried by a majority of two, and Mr. Henry... | |
| Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...never faltering for a moment, and fixing an eye of fire on the speaker, " and George the Third — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." The resolutions of Henry involved, as has been said, the principle of independence ; but the... | |
| James Grahame - United States - 1845 - 536 pages
...presence of mind, he resumed the thread of his discourse with these words, — " George the Third, I say, may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it ! " We may judge of the temper which Henry found or created in an assembly which could embrace... | |
| Joseph Emerson - United States - 1846 - 200 pages
...the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis. " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." (Treason, cried the speaker, From this period, Mr. Henry became the idol of the people of Virginia;... | |
| John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...but, drowning the startling cry with his commanding voice, he continued, "George the Third, I say, may profit by their example! If this be treason, make the most of it." Washington was a member of the Assembly which passed these resolutions, and though his name... | |
| Phrenology - 1847 - 408 pages
...the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis) 'MAY PROFIT BY THEIR EXAMPLE. If THIS be treason, make the most of it.' •' This was the only expression of defiance which escaped him during the d«^bate. He was,... | |
| Marcius Willson - Indians of North America - 1847 - 680 pages
...— here pausing a moment until ANALYSIS the cry of " Treason, treason," had ended, — he added, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." .. Fate cf au 17. 'After a violent debate, the first five resolutions were carr'ed* by tne... | |
| Anecdotes - 1847 - 666 pages
...bnt rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye flashing with fire, continned, " self usnally rode. On his return, young Zeltuer said that he n of it." LOGAN, THE INDIAN. Logan, the celebrated Indian chief, who had long been a zealous partizan... | |
| Robert Reid Howison - Virginia - 1848 - 542 pages
...fire, and a voice which thrilled through every bosom, he concluded his sentence, " and George the Third may profit by their example; if this be treason, make the most of it."' While this debate was in progress, a younostudent of William and Mary College, stood in the... | |
| Charles Jacobs Peterson - Military biography - 1848 - 586 pages
...undaunted eye on the speaker, c* elevated his voice while he finished the sentence, "and George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." The boldness of the man, and of his words, were electric ; not only on the Assembly, but on... | |
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