...not for an instant; 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." HIGHWAYMAN AND SAILOR.—One of the Dover stages, on its way to London, was stopped by a single...

...; but fixing his eye firmly on the speaker, and raising his voice, he finished the sentence with " may profit by their example ! if this be treason, make the most of it." On receiving intelligence of the passage of these resolutions, the deputy-governor immediately...

...the most determined fire, hi' finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis : 'and George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most ofit.'': The resolutions, after a stormy debate, passed by a small majority, and the last by a majority...

...never faltering for a moment, and fixing an eye of fire on the speaker, " and George the Third — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." The resolutions of Henry involved, as has been said, the principle of independence ; but the...

...all parts of the house, and which he completed by adding, in the firmest and most emphatic tone — "may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it ! " In the meanwhile, the colonists formed associations and appointed committees for the sake...

...speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the fiercest emphasis,) — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." Sustained by such powers, the resolutions were carried by a majority of two, and Mr. Henry...

...presence of mind, he resumed the thread of his discourse with these words, — " George the Third, I say, may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it ! " We may judge of the temper which Henry found or created in an assembly which could embrace...

...the 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." (Treason, cried the speaker, From this period, Mr. Henry became the idol of the people of Virginia;...

...but, drowning the startling cry with his commanding voice, he continued, "George the Third, I say, may profit by their example! If this be treason, make the most of it." Washington was a member of the Assembly which passed these resolutions, and though his name...

...the 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.' •' This was the only expression of defiance which escaped him during the d«^bate. He was,...