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" Treason,' cried the speaker — ' Treason, treason !' echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which is decisive of character. "
The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Page 178
1821
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The Percy Anecdotes ...

1839 - 674 pages
..." Cœsar had his Brutus ; Charles the first his Cromwell ; and George the Third " — " Treason ! " cried the speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed...those trying moments which are decisive of character. Heury faltered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 67

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1841 - 686 pages
...Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — ('Treason !' cried the speaker — ' Treason, treason! ' echoed...the house. It was one of those trying moments which is decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier attitude, and...
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A Popular Cyclopedia of History, Ancient and Modern, Forming a Copious ...

Francis Alexander Durivage - 1841 - 794 pages
...exclaimed, *' Cœsar 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. Henry faltered not fir an mutant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye...
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Merry's Museum, Volumes 5-6

1844 - 400 pages
...of the obnoxious act, Caesar had his Brutus; Charles I. his Cromwell; and George III. " Treason !" cried the speaker ; " treason, treason !" echoed from...trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant; but, rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye flashing...
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Lives of Benefactors

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 pages
...Csesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason ! " cried the speaker — " treason, treason ! " echoed...trying moments which are decisive' of character. Henry faltered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of...
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The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the ...

Henry Brown - 1844 - 526 pages
...the look of a god : ' Cassar had his Bnitus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third ' ' Treason ! treason!' echoed from every part of the...trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of...
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The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the ...

Henry Brown - 1844 - 524 pages
...part of the house. It was one of those trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis : 'and George the Third...
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pages
...Cromwell s and George the Thirtl"—" Treason.'" cried the speaker; "freaims treason; THEASOX;" re-echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments, which are decisive of character; but Henry faltered not for an instant; and rising to a uifticr attitude, and fixing on the speakei—an...
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pages
...and George the Third'' — " Treuwn .'" cried the speaker ; "treason; treason; THF.ASON;'' re-echoed from every part of the house. It was one of those trying moments, which are decisive of character.- but'Henry faltered not for an i?isfant ; and rising to a Inftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker...
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...those trying moments, which are decisive of character ; but Нету faltered not for an tnttani; and rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker...— an eye, flashing with fire, continued — "may PROFIT — by these examples: if this be treason, make the most of it." The»«», Roct-ribb'd— and...
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