 | W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis- — ¿ may profit 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... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - America - 1857 - 512 pages
...his finger at him, raised his voice above the confusion, and concluded — " And George the Third — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it !" In the face of the strongest opposition, Henry's Resolutions were passed by a small majority,... | |
 | American Orators - 1857 - 656 pages
...George the Third — (' Treason ! ' cried the Speaker. ' Treason ! treason 1 ' echoed the House ;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." While I am presenting to yon this picture of Mr. Jefferson in his youth, listening to the almost... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - New England - 1857 - 498 pages
...finger at him, raised his voice above the confusion-, and concluded — " And George the Third — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it !" In the face of the strongest opposition, Henry's Resolutions were passed by a small majority,... | |
 | History - 1857 - 650 pages
...George the Third — (' Treason I ' cried the Speaker. ' Treason 1 treason 1 ' echoed the House ;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." While I am presenting to you this picture of Mr. Jefferson in his youth, listening to the almost... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - Orators - 1857 - 544 pages
...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 of it.' " On the 4th of September, 1774, the old Continental Congress met at Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia.... | |
 | American Orators - 1857 - 690 pages
...George the Third — (' Treason 1 ' cried the Speaker. . ' Treason 1 treason 1 ' echoed the House ;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." While I am presenting to you this picture of Mr. Jefferson in his yonth, listening to the almost... | |
 | Charles C. B. Seymour - Biography - 1858 - 606 pages
...Treason ! " He paused for a moment, and then continued with perfect calmness, "and George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." This was Patrick Henry's first appearance as an orator on purely political topics. It is a... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 726 pages
...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 of it' " * When Mr. Henry sat down, the real leadership of the opposition had passed away from the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1858 - 482 pages
...the cry of "Treason, treason!" resounding from several partf of the house, hod ended, — he added, "may profit by their example; if this be treason, make the most of it ! " RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT. 151 the stamp act, and other acts of Parliament, to have a manifest... | |
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... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it. 
