 | Marcius Willson - Mexico - 1855 - 516 pages
...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" . 17. "After a violent debate, the first five resolutions t wot were carried* by the bold eloquence... | |
 | William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1124 pages
...Henry faltered not for an instant ; but taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis...by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.' From this period, Mr. Henry became the idol of the people of Virginia ; nor was his name confined... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 380 pages
...Demosthenes,' when he exclaimed, 'Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it ;' with Jefferson and the signers of the Declaration of Independence ; and with Washington at... | |
 | James Stuart Murray Anderson - Blacks - 1856 - 846 pages
...unmoved, and with voice unfaltering, ended the sentence with these VOL. III. R CHAP. emphatic words, — ' may profit by their example. — '-*—^-> If this be treason, make the most of it °8.' Leaving to the general historian the task of relating the further effects of Henry's influence... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 404 pages
...Demosthenes,' when he exclaimed, ' Csesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it ;' with Jefferson and the signers of the Declaration of Independence ; and with Washington at... | |
 | George Tucker - History - 1856 - 672 pages
...here the cry of " Treason [treason !" resounded on all sides — added the self-possessed orator, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." His resolutions,2 denying the right of Parliament to lay 1 Wirt's Life of Henry. 2 May 30,... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - Orators - 1857 - 544 pages
...those trying moments which is decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye...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.... | |
 | Christopher Looby - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 304 pages
...those trying moments which is decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye...by their example. If this be treason, make the most if it."* *I had frequently heard the above anecdote of the cry of treason, but with such variations... | |
 | Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 354 pages
...interrupting cries of "TREASON!" in the House. "And George the Third," counters Henry above the din, "may profit by their example — if this be treason, make the most of it."12 The exchange, at least on Henrys part, is deliberately contrapuntal. The juxtaposition of... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...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).... | |
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Treason!" cried the speaker —"Treason, treason," echoed from every part of the house. 
