 Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against Writs of Assistance. Then and there, was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there, the...  The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal - Side 2591826Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1876 - 358 sider
...him. American independence was then and there born. Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against Writs of Assistance." A similar spirit of resistance to English Interference in colonial matters was manifested in what is... | |
 | George Burley Spalding - 1876 - 46 sider
...against the Writs of Assistance, exclaimed, "James Otis breathed into this nation the breath of life. Then and there the child Independence was born. In fifteen years, ie, in 1776, it grew up to manhood and declared itself free." But a better and a truer answer awaits us. Robert... | |
 | James Langdon Hill - 1878 - 56 sider
...contemplation of all members of Congress." — JOHN ADAMS to Mercy Warren. "Otis was a flame of fire. . . . Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposicould -not claim had it sprung up suddenly, one summer's day, like Jonah's gourd, as a matter... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - 1879 - 758 sider
...him. American independence was then and there born Every man of an immense, crowded audience, appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance." In this case, the court took time to consult the English practice, which, as it proved, permitted the... | |
 | Boston (Mass.) - 1882 - 264 sider
...defend the vigorous youth, the non sine Diis animosns infans. Every man of a crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against...Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born." The immediate result was a modification of the form of the writs; but the greater consequence was the... | |
 | Boston (Mass.) - 1882 - 92 sider
...defend the vigorous youth, the non sine diis animosus infans. Every man of a crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against...Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born." The immediate result was a modification of the form of the writs; but the greater consequence was the... | |
 | Boston (Mass.) - 1882 - 260 sider
...defend the vigorous youth, the non sine Diis animosus infans. Every man of a crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against...Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born." The immediate result was a modification of the form of the writs; but the greater consequence was the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1967 - 212 sider
...resistance of the colonies to the oppressions of the mother country. 'Then and there,' said John Adams, 'then and there was the first scene of the first act...Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.' " I would not allow the general search to reappear on the American scene. APPENDIX As the Court notes,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1841 - 622 sider
...him. American independence was then and there born. Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance.' — Jefferson was struck in precisely the same manner by Henry, and gives him credit for the same description... | |
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