| Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 páginas
...Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third ... ("Treason," cried the Speaker) ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it. PATRICK HENRY, (1736-1799) US statesman. Quoted in Patrick Henry, set. 2, William Wirt (1818).... | |
| Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 páginas
...provocatively: Caesar had his Bnitus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — may profit by their example .... If this be treason, make the most of it. The resolves were passed on May 30, 1765. In the meantime, back up north, John Adams, who in... | |
| David Lee Russell - 2000 - 386 páginas
...this point Speaker Robinson interrupted, crying out, "Treason, treason!" Henry paused and then calmly concluded, "may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." Standing by the door watching the events was the young Thomas Jefferson, a student at the College... | |
| Sandra M. Gustafson - 2000 - 320 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.66 Both the Frenchman's version and the version of Virginia legend make the improvisational moment... | |
| Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 páginas
...his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third ['Treason' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it."106 The American Revolution reversed the dominant Western tradition, which had been antirepublican... | |
| Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 páginas
...his Cromwell, and George III ..." (he was then interrupted by cries of "Treason! Treason!") ". . . may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." Henry played a prominent role in the growing movement for independence. He was a member of... | |
| Gail E. Husch - 2000 - 332 páginas
...Speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished the sentence with the firmest emphasis — "may profit by their example! If this be treason, make the most of it." " Patrick Henry, his right arm raised, dominates the vertical arrangement. He addresses the... | |
| Lyn Wilkerson - 2000 - 737 páginas
...George the Third..." Here he was interrupted by cries of treason. He continued, "And George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." In 1775, Lord Dunmore was forced to flee the city. Authority now devolved on the Convention... | |
| Kristopher J. Preacher - 2002 - 134 páginas
...where Patrick Henry boldly proelaimed. "Caesar had his Brums. Charles I his CromwelL and George III may profit by their example. If this be treason. make the most of itl" AT LEFT OFFIcE OF THE cLERK OF THE cOUNcIL OF THE cOLONY OF VIRGINIA EREcTED PRIOR TO 1707... | |
| Herb Galewitz - 2003 - 68 páginas
...no good reason. ERNFST HEMINGWAY Caesar had his Brutus— Charles I his Cromwell — and George III may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it. Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid... | |
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