 | John Philip Sanderson - 1856 - 404 ページ
...Demosthenes,' when he exclaimed, ' Csesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it ;' with Jefferson and the signers of the Declaration of Independence ; and with Washington at... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 ページ
...and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis- — ¿ may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.' From this period, Mr. Henry became the idol of the people of Virginia ; nor was his name confined... | |
 | George Tucker - 1856 - 672 ページ
...here the cry of " Treason [treason !" resounded on all sides — added the self-possessed orator, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." His resolutions,2 denying the right of Parliament to lay 1 Wirt's Life of Henry. 2 May 30,... | |
 | James Stuart Murray Anderson - 1856 - 846 ページ
...unmoved, and with voice unfaltering, ended the sentence with these VOL. III. R CHAP. emphatic words, — ' may profit by their example. — '-*—^-> If this be treason, make the most of it °8.' Leaving to the general historian the task of relating the further effects of Henry's influence... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - 1856 - 380 ページ
...Demosthenes,' when he exclaimed, 'Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it ;' with Jefferson and the signers of the Declaration of Independence ; and with Washington at... | |
 | William Allen - 1857 - 926 ページ
...every part of the house. Mr. Henry finished the sentence with firm emphasis — " may profit by the example. If this be treason, make the most of it." Mr. Henry left a paper for his executors, in which he speaks of the resolutions of 1765, which closes with these words... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - 1857 - 512 ページ
...his finger at him, raised his voice above the confusion, and concluded — " And George the Third — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it !" In the face of the strongest opposition, Henry's Resolutions were passed by a small majority,... | |
 | 1857 - 690 ページ
...George the Third — (' Treason 1 ' cried the Speaker. . ' Treason 1 treason 1 ' echoed the House ;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." While I am presenting to you this picture of Mr. Jefferson in his yonth, listening to the almost... | |
 | 1857 - 650 ページ
...George the Third — (' Treason I ' cried the Speaker. ' Treason 1 treason 1 ' echoed the House ;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." While I am presenting to you this picture of Mr. Jefferson in his youth, listening to the almost... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - 1857 - 498 ページ
...finger at him, raised his voice above the confusion-, and concluded — " And George the Third — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it !" In the face of the strongest opposition, Henry's Resolutions were passed by a small majority,... | |
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