 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 pages
...interrupted by a voice crying "Treason!" upon which, pausing for an instant, he added, " and George III. may profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it." The assembly voted a series of resolutions, declaring that the first settlers in Virginia had brought... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1848 - 414 pages
...Speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished the sentence with the firmest emphasis — - and George the Third — may profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it.' " the ammunition from the public magazines on board the Fowey ship-of-war, then lying off Williamsburg,... | |
 | Salma Hale - 1848 - 392 pages
...and others.) Henry, pausing a moment, and fixing his eye on the speaker, finished the sentence—"may profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it." Mr. Henry left the seat of government the evening after the resolutions were adopted. The next morning,... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1849 - 592 pages
...shouted the speaker, and the cry was re-echoed from the House. " George III.," said Henry, firmly, " may profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it !" In spite of the opposition of all the old leaders, the resolutions passed, the fifth and most emphatic... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 pages
...rising to a loftier attitude, and flashing his eye upon the speaker, suddenly lowered his tone — " may profit — by their example : if that be treason, make the most of it." VARIATION AND EASY TRANSITION. There are many pieces of conversational poetry, well adapted to practise... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1851 - 854 pages
...an eye of the most determined fire, he finished the sentence with vehement emphasis — " George the the Third — may profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it." The resolutions were adopted, and from that day Massachusetts and Virginia were the head and heart... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 880 pages
...an eye of the most determined fire, he finished the sentence with vehement emphasis — " George the the Third — may profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it." The resolutions were adopted, and from that day Massachusetts and Virginia were the head and heart... | |
 | Thomas D'Arcy McGee - 1852 - 248 pages
...his Cromwell, and George the Third — (being interrupted with the cry of 'Treason,' he added) — may profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it ! " In the preliminary moral contest, which arose universally, the Irish settlers were not unrepresented.... | |
 | Thomas D'Arcy McGee - 1852 - 248 pages
...his Cromwell, and George the Third — (being interrupted with the cry of 'Treason,' he added) — may profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it!" In the preliminary moral contest, which arose universally, the Irish settlers were not unrepresented.... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - 1853 - 354 pages
...burgesses. Henry turned his fine eyes, blazing with light, from one- opponent to another, and then added : " and George the Third may profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it." After a warm contest, the resolutions passed by a small majority. The next day the governor dissolved... | |
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George the Third may profit by their example ; if that be treason, make the most of it... 
