| 1818 - 646 páginas
...was an occasion which called for all his strength, and he did put it forth as man never did hefore. He exclaimed in a voice of thunder and with the look of a Ood,' fee.-*-' He rose like the thunder-hearer of Jove when he mounts,' &c— ' Had his mind of Herculean... | |
| 1822 - 734 páginas
...distinguished. In the very fury and whirlwind of his invective against Great Britain, he exclaimed : " Cicsar had his Brutus— Charles the First, his Cromwell — and George the Third — (" Treason," exclaimed the speaker — " treason, treason," echoed from every corner of the house.) " Yes," (said... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 376 páginas
...gathered courage from his countenance, and cowards became heroes, while they gazed upon his exploits. "It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while...in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, 'Csesar had bis Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — ('Treason,'... | |
| 1824 - 518 páginas
...gathered courage from his countenance, and cowards became heroes, while they gazed upon his exploits. •' It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while...he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the l<»>k of a God, Caesar had his Brutus—Charles the first, his Cromwell—and George the third—('Treason,'... | |
| B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 páginas
...the great debate on the Stamp Act : It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while he (Henry) was descanting on the tyranny of the obnoxious act,...in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, " Cassar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " (" Treason !" cried... | |
| B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 páginas
...of this magnificent appeal, so electrifying to his impassioned auditor, that Henry is said to have exclaimed, in a voice of thunder. and with the look of a god, "Casar had his Brutus—Charles the First hU Cromwell—and George the Third—('Treason,' cried the... | |
| 1832 - 592 páginas
...the lower house of representatives at Virginia, Patrick Henry, a popular orator, exclaimed, " Coesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " Cries of " Treason !" here interrupted the speaker ; but, after a moment's pause, he continued,... | |
| John Macgregor - 1833 - 624 páginas
...delegates, at the meeting of the Continental Congress, said, during a debate on the stamp act, " Julius Caesar had his Brutus ; Charles the First his Cromwell ; and George the Third "here he was stopped by cries of treason, and then concluded by saying, " and George the Third —... | |
| William Wirt - 1834 - 482 páginas
...courage from his countenance, and cowards became heroes, while they gazed upon his! exploits. '• It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while...in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, "Ceesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — • and George the third — ('Treason,'... | |
| 1834 - 426 páginas
...gathered courage from his countenance, and cowards became heroes, while they gazed upon his exploits. "It was in the midst of this magnificent debate, while...in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, Csesar had his Brutus—Charles the first, his Cromwell—and George the third—['Treason,' cried... | |
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