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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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Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most ...

Henry Howe - 1845 - 614 pages
...Brutus — Charles* the First his Cromwell — and George the HAXOVER COÜ.NTY. Third — (' Treason !' cried the speaker — • Treason ! treason !' echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for Û moment ; taking ¡i loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of...
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The Battle Grounds of America, Illustrated by Stories of the Revolution ...

John Frost - 1846 - 294 pages
..." Csesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First had his Cromwell ; and George the Third" (" Treason !" cried the speaker. " Treason ! Treason !" echoed from every part of the house.) It was one of those moments which are decisive of character. Henry faultered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Revised Edition, Volumes 1-2

1847 - 666 pages
..." Ciesar had his Brntus ; 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 iustant ; bnt rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an...
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The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Volume 9

1847 - 408 pages
...: — ' Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and (ieorge the Third ' (' Treason,' cried the speaker, ' Treason, treason !' echoed from...part of the house. It was one of those trying moments wh/th is decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant; but rising to a loftier attitude,...
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Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry

William Wirt - 1847 - 330 pages
...was one of those trying moments which is decisive of character. Henry faltered nut for an instnnt ; 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) — "may profit by...
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Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American ...

Benson John Lossing - 1848 - 414 pages
...First his Cromwell — and George the Third' — 'Treason I' cried the Speaker — 'treason, treason, 1 echoed from every part of the House. It was one of...trying moments which are decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant; but rising to a loftier altitude, and fixing on the Speaker an eye of...
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Lives of Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of America

James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pages
...Brutus—Charles the First his Cromwell—and George the Third'—('Treason,' cried the Speaker—treason ! echoed from every part of 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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Questions and Supplement to Goodrich's History of the United States

Joseph Emerson - 1850 - 216 pages
...thunder, "Cesar 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 for an instant ; but rising to o loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an...
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The kaleidoscope of anecdotes and aphorisms, collected by C. Sinclair

Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...Henry exclaimed : " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles I. his Cromwell — and George III." " Treason," cried the Speaker. " Treason ! treason \" echoed from every part of the House. It was one of those moments decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant ; but rising to a loftier attitude,...
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Questions and Supplement to Goodrich's History of the United States

Joseph Emerson - 1851 - 212 pages
...— Treason, treason, echoed from every part of the house.) Henry faltered not for an instant ; hut 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. " may profit by their...
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