 | Montroville Wilson Dickeson - 1860 - 324 pagina’s
...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 larnb, in... | |
 | HON. J. Y. HEADLEY - 1860 - 502 pagina’s
...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 I" A fierce and exciting debate followed, but it was only like the occasional wind gusts heard... | |
 | T. ADDISON RICHARDS - 1857 - 272 pagina’s
...master-words of raillery, when the excited assembly interrupted him with the cry of "Treason! treason!" —"may profit by their example. If this be treason make the most of it! " The Apollo Room of the' Raleigh Tavern is an apartment in another timehonored old building... | |
 | Jest book - 1864 - 396 pagina’s
...but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye flashing with fire, continued, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it. DCCCIV. — ROGERS — POET AND SKIPPER. \ ROGERS used to say that a man who attempts to read... | |
 | Montroville Wilson Dickeson - 1865 - 374 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1867 - 672 pagina’s
...fixed his eye oo the Speaker, and then calmly concluded the broken sentence — "And George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." * Fifty-six year* afterwards, we find the venerable Thomas Jefferson recalling the effect which,... | |
 | Christopher Looby - 1996 - 304 pagina’s
...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 if it."* *I had frequently heard the above anecdote of the cry of treason, but with such variations... | |
 | Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns - 1996 - 354 pagina’s
...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 - 1997 - 666 pagina’s
...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).... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 pagina’s
...provocatively: Caesar had his Bnitus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — may profit by their example .... If this be treason, make the most of it. The resolves were passed on May 30, 1765. In the meantime, back up north, John Adams, who in... | |
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Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it... 
