 | 1857 - 656 páginas
...George the Third — (' Treason ! ' cried the Speaker. ' Treason ! treason 1 ' echoed the House ;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." While I am presenting to yon this picture of Mr. Jefferson in his youth, listening to the almost... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 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.' " On the 4th of September, 1774, the old Continental Congress met at Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia.... | |
 | Charles C. B. Seymour - 1858 - 606 páginas
...Treason ! " He paused for a moment, and then continued with perfect calmness, "and George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." This was Patrick Henry's first appearance as an orator on purely political topics. It is a... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 710 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.' " * When Mr. Henry sat down, the real leadership of the opposition had passed away from the... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 726 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' " * When Mr. Henry sat down, the real leadership of the opposition had passed away from the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1858 - 482 páginas
...the cry of "Treason, treason!" resounding from several partf of the house, hod ended, — he added, "may profit by their example; if this be treason, make the most of it ! " RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT. 151 the stamp act, and other acts of Parliament, to have a manifest... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 páginas
...the damning accusation had died away, he turned his flashing eye full on the speaker and shouted, " may profit by their example! If this be treason, make the most of it!" A fierce and exciting debate followed, but it was only like the occasional wind gusts heard... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1859 - 446 páginas
...the 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." a May 29 1 ?• "After a violent debate, the first five resolutions 2. wiMiwas were carried*... | |
 | Montroville Wilson Dickeson - 1860 - 324 páginas
...had acted the part of a tyrant; and alluding to the fate of other tyrants, he exclaimed : " Ccesar 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;... | |
 | Montroville Wilson Dickeson - 1860 - 380 páginas
...Cromwell, and George III." — he was interrupted by the cry of " treason" — pausing for a moment, he deliberately concluded — "may profit by their example; if this be treason, make the most of it." Non-importation agreements were entered into ; combinations formed against eating lamb, in... | |
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