 | Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 542 páginas
...fire, and a voice which thrilled through every bosom, he concluded his sentence, " and George the Third may profit by their example; if this be treason, make the most of it."' While this debate was in progress, a younostudent of William and Mary College, stood in the... | |
 | Charles Jacobs Peterson - 1848 - 586 páginas
...undaunted eye on the speaker, c* elevated his voice while he finished the sentence, "and George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." The boldness of the man, and of his words, were electric ; not only on the Assembly, but on... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1849 - 388 páginas
...Third," — here pausing a moment until the cry of " Treason, treason," had ended, — he added, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." •.May 29 17. "After a violent debate, the first five resolutions t. u-hatwiu were carried"... | |
 | George White - 1849 - 712 páginas
...treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry, nothing daunted, in a voice of thunder added, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." From this time Mr. Henry became one of the most influential men in America. All regarded him... | |
 | 586 páginas
...for an instant falter, but fixing his eye firmly on the Speaker, he concluded his sentence thus " — may profit by their example. If this be treason make the most of it !" Indolence and aversion to reading seemed almost as natural to Henry's mind as powers of debate.... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 páginas
...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.' " Patrick Henry left town the same evening on which he had delivered this speech, and the vote... | |
 | John Frost - 1851 - 1058 páginas
...; 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... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 páginas
...of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis : " And George III. may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." — Memoirs of Jefferson. Louis XVI. inherited a revolution ; and as the vices of his ancestors... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1851 - 614 páginas
...falter, but CHAP, • XLIII fixing his eye firmly on the Speaker, he concluded ' . his sentence thus " may profit by their example. " If this be treason, make the most of it ! " Indolence and aversion to reading seemed almost as natural to Henry's mind as powers of debate.... | |
 | Emma Willard - 1852 - 560 páginas
...other tyrants, he exclaimfirst public •>, ' . . . r> _ ._,, , < . ' ,, . opposition, ed, "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles I. his Cromwell, and George III."— he was interrupted by the cry of " treason !" — pausing for a moment, he deliberately concluded — " may profit by their example... | |
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