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" 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. "
The History of Virginia: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Page 271
by Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - 1852 - 332 pages
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British America, Volume 1

John Macgregor - 1833 - 624 pages
...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 —...
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Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence

Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1834 - 476 pages
...alludes to that memorable exclamation of Mr. Henry, now become almost too familiar for quotation •. " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third (4 treason !' cried the speaker ; ' treason I treason !' echoed the house ;) may profit by their example....
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Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 6

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 524 pages
...encourage it in others. P. HE>RT." It was in die midst of the debate abovementioned, that he exclaimed, u Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Thud — " Treason !" cried the speaker — " Treason, treason !" echoed from every part of the house....
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 10

1842 - 682 pages
...without actually asserting it. As in the speech of Patrick Henry, of Virginia, when he exclaimed, ' Caesar had his Brutus, — Charles the First his Cromwell, — and George the Third — ' Henry was interrupted by a shout of ' Treason ! treason !' — but coolly finished the sentence...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 10

1842 - 694 pages
...without actually asserting it. As in the speech of Patrick Henry, of Virginia, when he exclaimed, ' Caesar had his Brutus, — Charles the First his Cromwell, — and George the Third — ' Henry was interrupted by a shout of ' Treason ! treason !' — but coolly finished the sentence...
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The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the ..., Volumes 1-2

John Frost - 1844 - 494 pages
...debate on Henry's resolutions in the House of Burgesses, that gentleman went so far as to exclaim, "Caesar had his Brutus! Charles the First his Cromwell ! and George the Third — " here he was interrupted by cries of " Treason ! Treason /" from every part of the house ; but...
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The Military Heroes of the Revolution with a Narrative of the War of ...

Charles Jacobs Peterson - 1848 - 586 pages
...The orator was in the full torrent of declamation against the tyrannical act, when he exclaimed, " Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" — But here he was intermpted by loud cries of "treason, treason," resounding through the house. Henry...
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Statistics of the State of Georgia: Including an Account of Its Natural ...

George White - 1849 - 716 pages
...House of Butgesses, when he introduced his resolutions on the Stamp Act. It was here that he said, " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third" upon which the Speaker cried out " Treason !" " Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house....
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The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the ..., Volumes 1-4

John Frost - 1851 - 1058 pages
...debate on Henry's resolutions in the House of Burgesses, that gentleman went so far as to exclaim, " Caesar had his Brutus ! Charles the First his Cromwell ! and George the Third — " here he was interrupted by cries of " Treason ! Treason /" from every part of the house ; but...
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Glimpses and Gatherings During a Voyage and Visit to London and the Great ...

William Allen Drew - 1852 - 440 pages
...before the Revolution, which concluded in the following emphatic words, emphatically pronounced: — " Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third " — [here Sir J. began to look grave, his son and daughter frightened, and his liveried servant enraged]...
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