 | 1830 - 622 halaman
...Speaker an eye of the most deter' mined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis,) « — may profit by their example ! If this be treason, make the ' most of it.' Virginia is understood to pride herself on her paramount right to provide the Union with orators... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1820 - 888 halaman
...of Virginia (May, 1765), he exclaimed, when discanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " 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 home.)... | |
 | 1820 - 490 halaman
...; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye flashing with fire, continued, "may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." NAVAL ORATORY. Admiral Blake, when a captain was sent with a small squadron to the West Indies... | |
 | 1820 - 866 halaman
...of Virginia (May, 17C5), he exclaimed, when discauting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Cassar 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.) It was... | |
 | 1821 - 732 halaman
...Virginia, (May, 1765,) he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, ' Ciesar 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.) It was... | |
 | 1822 - 734 halaman
...distinguished. In the very fury and whirlwind of his invective against Great Britain, he exclaimed : " Cicsar had his Brutus— Charles the First, his Cromwell — and George the Third — (" Treason," exclaimed the speaker — " treason, treason," echoed from every corner of the house.)... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 382 halaman
...of the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, 'C#sar 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. It was... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 halaman
...of the obnoxious act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, " 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. — It... | |
 | 1824 - 518 halaman
...tyranny of the 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 the speaker — ' treason, treason,' echoed from every part of the house. It... | |
 | 1824 - 518 halaman
...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." In August, 1774, the Virginia convention assembled in Williamsburg, and passed a series of... | |
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Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it... 
