 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1848 - 544 pages
...danger to which the king himself would be exposed, in pursuing his present course. " Caesar," said he, " had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third —" At this moment, the orator paused, as if in doubt how to finish the sentence. The natural termination... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1849 - 1066 pages
...debate on Henry's resolutions in the House of Burgesses, that gentleman went so far as to exclaim, "Caesar had his Brutus! Charles the First his Cromwell ! and George the Third—" here he was interrupted by cries of " Treason ! Treason /" from every part of the house ; but fixing his eye firmly... | |
 | William Allen Drew - Great Exhibition - 1852 - 440 pages
...before the Revolution, which concluded in the following emphatic words, emphatically pronounced: — " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third " — [here Sir J. began to look grave, his son and daughter frightened, and his liveried servant enraged] —"... | |
 | William Valentine - 1852 - 248 pages
...actually asserting it. As in the speech of J|trick Henry, of Virginia, when he exclaimed, Caesar had had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third He was here interrupted by a shout of " Treason ! Treason !" But coolly finished the sentence with—"... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - Virginia - 1852 - 366 pages
...of his comparisons. Warming with his theme, he blanched the cheeks of his auditors, by exclaiming: " Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third"—"Treason! treason!" exclaimed the speaker. " Treason ! treason !" echoed other burgesses.... | |
 | Adolphus Mordecai Hart - Mississippi River Valley - 1853 - 308 pages
...to arbitrary authority, the patriot Henry exclaimed in the hall of the Legislative Assembly, that " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third his ,"he was interrupted by cries of treason, treason: and mildly looking around, he added, " and George... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - Virginia - 1853 - 354 pages
...his comparisons. Warming with his theme, he blanched the cheeks of his auditors, by exclaiming : « Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third"—"Treason ! treason !" exclaimed the speaker* " Treason ! treason !" echoed other burgesses.... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1844 - 444 pages
...danger to which the king himself would be exposed, in pursuing his present course. " Csesar," said he, " had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third —" At this moment, the orator paused, as if in doubt how to finish the sentence. The natural termination... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Politicians - 1854 - 406 pages
...of the obnoxious Act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a God; 'Ca?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... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 384 pages
...Lexington and Bunker Hill; with Patrick Henry, ' the forest born 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... | |
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one of the American delegates, at the meeting of the Continental Congress said, during a debate on the Stamp Act, " Julius Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third " here he was stopped by cries of treason, and then... 
