 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 páginas
...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." Henceforth Mr. The old Court-Houtt, Hanover. [The Hanover Conrt-House Is over a century old.... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 802 páginas
...for .in instant falter, but fixing his eye firmly on the speaker, he mr-- cluded his sentence thus " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it !" ' The Regency Bill, which followed the illness of the monarch in 1765, elicited the want of... | |
 | 1852 - 394 páginas
...house ; 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." It is a common and useful saying that we ought not to tell tales out of school, and applied... | |
 | Emma Willard - 1852 - 560 páginas
...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." The next day the members were alarmed, on considering the bold stand which they had taken ;... | |
 | John Frost - 1853 - 786 páginas
...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... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 414 páginas
...firmly on the Speaker, he concluded * Life by Wirt, p. 16. 1765. DR. FRANKLIN. 91 his sentence thus " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it ! " Indolence and aversion to reading seemed almost as natural to Henry's mind as powers of debate.... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 416 páginas
...not for an instant falter, but fixing his eye firmly on the Speaker, he concluded his sentence thus" may profit by their "example. If this be treason, make the most of it!" Indolence and aversion to reading seemed almost as natural to Henry's mind as powers of debate.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1854 - 264 páginas
...; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of flashing fire, continued, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." PROVERBS. A STITCH in time saves nine. Good words cost nothing, but are worth much. Have not... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1855 - 516 páginas
...the Third,"— here pausing a moment until the cry of " Treason, treason," had ended, — he added, " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it" . 17. "After a violent debate, the first five resolutions t wot were carried* by the bold eloquence... | |
 | James Stuart Murray Anderson - 1856 - 846 páginas
...unmoved, and with voice unfaltering, ended the sentence with these VOL. III. R CHAP. emphatic words, — ' may profit by their example. — '-*—^-> If this be treason, make the most of it °8.' Leaving to the general historian the task of relating the further effects of Henry's influence... | |
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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... 
