...faltering in the least, he assumed a loftier attitude, and in a deeper and more impressive tone added, " may profit by their example ! If this be treason make the most of it." [ Wirt's life of Patrick Henry.] These resolutions, issuing from the heart of Virginia, together...

...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." The next day the members were alarmed, on considering the bold stand which they had taken ;...

...those trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant; but, rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye...by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." HIGHWAYMAN AND SAILOR.—One of the Dover stages, on its way to London, was stopped by a single...

...the most determined fire, hi' finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis : 'and George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most ofit.'': The resolutions, after a stormy debate, passed by a small majority, and the last by a majority...

...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...

...; but fixing his eye firmly on the speaker, and raising his voice, he finished the sentence with " may profit by their example ! if this be treason, make the most of it." On receiving intelligence of the passage of these resolutions, the deputy-governor immediately...

...all parts of the house, and which he completed by adding, in the firmest and most emphatic tone — "may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it ! " In the meanwhile, the colonists formed associations and appointed committees for the sake...

...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...

...moments, which are decisive of character ; but Нету faltered not for an tnttani; and rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker —...flashing with fire, continued — "may PROFIT — by these examples: if this be treason, make the most of it." The»«», Roct-ribb'd— and ancient as...

...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...