 | 1830 - 622 Seiten
...Charles the First, his Crom« well — and George the Third — ("Treason!" cried theSpeakcr — ' " Treason, treason !" echoed from every part of the...was one of those trying moments which is decisive of charac' ter. Henry faltered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier ' attitude, and fixing on... | |
 | 1820 - 866 Seiten
...of Virginia (May, 17C5), he exclaimed, when discauting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Cassar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ;...the house.) It was one of those trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faultered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier attitude, and... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1820 - 888 Seiten
...Burgesses of Virginia (May, 1765), he exclaimed, when discanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell...treason, treason, " echoed from every part of the home.) It was one of those trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faultered not for... | |
 | 1820 - 490 Seiten
...Virginia (May 1765), he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Caesar bad his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and...treason," echoed from every part of the house. It wag one of those trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faultered not for an instant... | |
 | 1821 - 732 Seiten
...Virginia, (May, 1765,) he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, ' Ciesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ;...the house.) It was one of those trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faultercd not for an instant ; but, rising to a loftier attitude,... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 Seiten
...he exclaimed, when descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act, " Caesar had his Brutus ; Charks the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third"—"...the house. It was one of those trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faultered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier attitude, and... | |
 | 1822 - 734 Seiten
...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.) " Yes," (said... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 Seiten
...him fast, became pack-threads in his hands. He burst them with as much ease as the unshorn Sampson did the bands of the Philistines. He seized the pillars...trying moments which is decisive of character. —Henry faultered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of... | |
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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. 
